EU detour will increase air miles

EU LEADERS en route to a summit to discuss climate change in Brussels next month will detour in their private jets to Lisbon first to sign the new treaty.

Environmental organisations have criticised the double flight as adding to CO2 emissions at a time when governments are discussing efforts to combat global warming.

It was expected that signing the treaty and the summit would have been held in the same place to reduce the amount of air miles leaders clock up in December.