If I don't fly from London to my sister's wedding in New Zealand she will be

If I don't fly from London to my sister's wedding in New Zealand she will be

If I don't fly from London to my sister's wedding in New Zealand she will be upset, I will cause her pain and so that's morally bad. If I do fly to my sister's wedding in New Zealand I will put about four tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which will contribute to climate change, which, according to the World Health Organisation, already causes about 150,000 deaths every year. Clearly that's also morally bad. Which is the morally correct thing to do?

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