Fighting global warming, one $5,000 handbag at a time.

Via RTCC:

Prepare for a feast of garish low carbon handbags and extra light flight trunks – to save airline long haul fuel costs.

Luxury luggage maker Louis Vuitton will be one of the main sponsors of this year’s UN climate summit in Paris, according to media reports.

The French brand, beloved of jet-set elite Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian, will contribute to a €34 million funding target the government has set for private sector contributions.

December’s summit – where a global pact to address climate change is set to be signed off by over 190 countries – is estimated to cost France nearly €200 million to stage.

The MediaPart website, which broke the original story, says officials have been under pressure to find partner companies. Others believed to be considering contributions include Renault and waste management firm Suez Environment.

“In doing so, the government exploits a general interest of conference to meet the special interests of a few companies,” the site says.

“All for a few million euros a major economic power such as France should be able to find to fund a ‘historic conference’, in the words of François Hollande.”