VIPs' global swarming for climate change meetings | Herald Sun

THE fight against global warming has globe-trotting bureaucrats attending more than one international climate conference every week.

Department of Climate Change staff flew first class to 64 global climate change meetings in just 12 months at a cost of more than $4 million.

A Senate committee heard that 93 staff went to destinations including Greenland, the Maldives, Japan, the US and Bolivia.

The trips cost taxpayers more than $2.74 million in airfares and $1.6 million for accommodation and meals.

The Government's special envoy on climate change, Howard Bamsey, was the biggest spender, racking up $229,000 in travel costs during 2009-10.

He was followed by climate change ambassador Louise Hand, who spent $192,000 on travel over the same period.