Davos delegates with gas-guzzlers left in the cold

Davos delegates arriving in gas-guzzling 4X4s and limousines being turned away and forced to take a "green" bus.

By Jonathan RussellPublished: 8:24PM GMT 26 Jan 2010

A car windshied with a 'green inspection sticker' at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In an effort to adhere to a new climate change initiative, the WEF is attempting to block the gas guzzling cars and limo's that normally clog the roads around the Photo: AP
They'll be discussing climate change in the bars of Davos tonight. The event may only be into its first day but delegates at the World Economic Forum's annual jamboree are already feeling the chill wind of change.
Financiers and politicos turning up at the Swiss ski resort with gas guzzling 4x4s and limousines found their cars turned away and were forced to take the bus as part of the new "Greener Davos" initiative.

Although the temperature in the resort was due to drop to as low as minus 6C today, organisers of the event have denied access to parts of the conference venue to any cars emitting more than a specified level of CO2.
Instead of being chauffeured from hotel to the seminar delegates were being urged to catch a special shuttle bus circling the resort. Organisers promised a waiting time of no more than seven minutes.
Only cars emitting less than 230g/km of CO2, roughly equivalent to a Mitsubishi Shogun, have been given the "green" pass. The UK Government's emission criteria for company cars to attract a lower tax rate is 120g/km, soon to be reduced to 99g/km.
As The Daily Telegraph went to press the World Economic Forum's policy on helicopters arriving in Davos was unclear.