Billionaire climate campaigner Mike Cannon-Brookes defends buying private jet and sponsoring F1 team

Atlassian co-founder says he has extremely rigorous carbon regime' but makes hard tradeoff' to run global business and be a constantly present dad'

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The Australian billionaire and outspoken climate advocate Mike Cannon-Brookes has defended buying a private jet and his company's new sponsorship of the Williams Formula One racing team.

Cannon-Brookes admitted to deep internal conflict" over the purchase of the jet, reportedly a Bombardier 7500, but claimed that technology to directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere, and the use of sustainable jet fuel, would cancel emissions from his flights.