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Code Rouge mass action against the aviation industry
This year, Code Rouge are setting their sights on aviation with their mass...
100% so-called “SAF” flights called out for being distracting marketing gimmicks
For more information, contact Hannah Lawrence at Stay Grounded, (+43) 0670 550...
Over 75 organisations urge policymakers to ban private jets
For more information, contact Sean Currie at Stay Grounded, +447961485850,...
Privileged position: revealing the EU’s web of aviation subsidies
Subsidies offered to the aviation industry are what allow airlines to offer...
Aviation: A Matter of Climate Injustice
Aviation is the pinnacle of climate injustice. But what specifically is...
New chapter in conflict with industry that wants to ‘plant’ jet fuel in the Amazon
Members of the Tembé nation were shot in Tomé-Açu on Monday August 7th 2023....
‘Jets & Yachts The Party’s Over’: Activists glue themselves to a private jet in Ibiza
In July activists in Ibiza carried out a week-long series of actions against...
Destination FOMO: Understanding the Urge to Fly to Faraway Places
During the scorching summer of 2023, we have simultaneously experienced the...
Exaggerated emission savings and legal challenges: the reality of forest carbon offsets
Research commissioned by Stay Grounded reveals that international airlines...
From Bristol to Canada: Clever campaigning against Bristol Airport expansion
Blog post contributed by Bristol Airport is Big Enough (BABE) Campaigners in...
Press release: Activists demand Paris Air Show ends its climate denial
For further information, contact Inês at Stay Grounded, +43 670 353 43 11,...
Fossil aviation fuel can be cheaply upgraded to mitigate climate-heating contrails and improve air quality
Written by Eric Lombard While the aviation sector and governments promise a...
EU Transport Council’s decision on private jets
Another missed opportunity to tackle luxury emissions 2nd of June, 2023 – Stay...
“We’ve come to tell the super-rich that the party is over”
It was a key moment for the growing movement against private jets and...
Hundred climate activists in custody in Geneva after peaceful protest against largest private aviation industry sales event in Europe
One hundred climate activists from 17 countries supporting Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and other climate justice groups are being temporarily detained after a peaceful protest against Europe’s largest private jet fair, the annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva. They remain in police custody. Activists report the use of pepper spray and injuries after the police intervention. Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion, which are supported by activists, are extremely concerned about these reports of excessive use of force against the peaceful protesters and demand the immediate release of all those involved.
One hundred climate activists block private jets at biggest sales event in Europe, protesting luxury mega-polluters
Geneva, 23.05.2023 – A hundred climate activists supporting Greenpeace, Stay...
French organisations stage week of actions
This post was written by Rester sure Terre and originally posted on their site...
UK aviation groups come together in London
Written by Stephen Clarke (on behalf of BAAN - Bristol Airport Action...
EU’s New Law on ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ Fails to Be Truly Sustainable
The new ReFuelEU law, part of the EU Fit for 55 package, was announced...
Re-imagining Tourism in a Future with Less Air Traffic: Summary of Webinar
Does aviation-driven tourism live up to its promise of delivering prosperity...
A Worker-Led Approach – Shaping the Future of Aviation: Summary of Webinar
In a world of climate crisis, it is essential to include workers’ voices in...
Victory! Schiphol Will Shut Down at Night
Originally published in Dutch by our member SchipholWatch, on 3rd of April...
Who Greases the Wheels of Deportation Flights?
Here we present a summary of Corporate Watch’s original post from 06 Jan 2023:...
20+ Actions against Private Jets
Love in Action: Climate Activists and Scientists Target Private Jets on...
Ryanair used misleading sustainability claims, says ACM NL
Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets requested Ryanair to change...
Climate activists block private jet airport used by WEF guests
The access to the private jet airport in Altenrhein Switzerland was blocked by...
European Airlines Must Remove Qatari Jet Fuel From Supply Chains
Amidst worldwide scrutiny of Qatar’s poor human rights record during the...
Solidarity against repression in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco, Mexico
Statement expressing indignation and condemning the repression at San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco.
International actions at 11 private airports to demand a ban on private jets
Hundreds of activists, among them 129 scientists, blockaded 11 international...
Activists ground private jets at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport
Over 500 Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands activists have...
AviAction: A stopover in Lille, towards the degrowth of aviation
Over 200 people met in October in Lille, northern France, for the second...
Swedish activists sentenced to prison for airport action
After walking onto the runway at Växjö Småland Airport in Sweden last October,...
Climate activists announce international protests as UN aviation agency adopts insufficient climate target
© Photocredit: Julien Helaine International network of climate activists...
Airports in Mexico: Paving the way for extractivist tourism & mega-projects
Airports in Mexico: paving the way for extractivist tourism and mega-projects...
Stay Grounded starting its action conference as UN aviation agency meets in Montreal
Activists from all over Europe and beyond are meeting in Lille, France....
Press Release: International Week of Action against Airline Advertising
Airline advertisements grounded across Europe in latest climate protest...
Anti-airport expansion activist faces continued persecution
An unbelievable ruling by the Court of Appeals has reversed the decision of...
Action Against Expansion of LEJ Airport Leipzig!
Transformation not Expansion! Transform LEJ recently protested against the...
September 10-17 – Let’s counter aviation ads!
Let’s call out the aviation industry’s greenwashed advertisements! Take part...
Austrian Airlines misleads consumers about CO₂-neutral flying, Austrian advertising watchdog rules
Austrian Airlines has been reprimanded by the Austrian Advertising Council for...
Inventory for Glasgow Agreement finds hidden airport expansion in the UK
RisingTideUK found more than 25 UK airports are expanding, with some...
Airport Extractivist Model Tourism: Peoples’ Voices!
Governments and corporations promote airports as a sign of progress and with...
Climate and Aviation Campaigners Protest as Government Launches Controversial Jet Zero Strategy at Farnborough Air Show Today
Protesters against aviation expansion held inflatable winged pigs outside the...
Back to the Future: Rallies for the return of the Paris-Hendaye night train and connections to the Iberian Peninsula
Rallies for the return of the Paris-Hendaye night train and a more extensive...
EU ETS Revision: Civil Society Calls on EU to Stop Ignoring Two-Thirds of Aviation’s Climate Impact
EU ETS Revision: Civil Society Calls on EU to Stop Ignoring Two-Thirds of...
Cusco’s New Airport Threatens Incas’ Past and Our Collective Future
The prospect of an international airport in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in...
Greenwashing of Biofuel Project by BSBIOS Paraguay/ECB rejected by civil society groups
Asunción/London/Utrecht/Vienna, April 6 2022 – A new case study by NGOs...
Aviation Biofuels: Mega-Refinery Threatens Local Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Paraguay, New Case Study shows
Omega Green agrofuel (biofuel) refinery in Paraguay is one of largest agrofuel...
Impacts of the new Cusco airport in Chinchero and the problems of air traffic
This webinar seeks to listen to different voices that are knowledgeable about...
A Ferry-Tale & Railway Story
I didn’t think it was possible to get to the Canary Islands so quickly. The...
New report shows massive increase in green jobs from climate-friendly travel
In their new report titled, “The right track for Green Jobs” Possible,...
Young People in France Ready to Fly Less
This summary article was first posted on Greenpeace France's website. You can...
New report on aviation biofuels in Spain by SG Member Ecologistas
This summary was originally posted on the Ecologistas webpage. You can find it...
Where is the crime? Judging those responsible for ecocide, acquitting those who defend the planet!
This article was originally published in Portuguese on 10 January 2022 on the...
Engaging aviation workers and trade unions
Climate campaigners are coalescing around an agenda of no expansion of...
26 COPs and still climate breakdown not arrested!
A blog post by Stay Grounded member RisingTideUK So, the mouldy green dust of...
Military Aviation in Climate Policies: A Tradition of Camouflage
Military emissions have evaded critical United Nations Framework Convention...
Webinar: Is the industry greenwashing aviation?
For decades we have witnessed massive growth rates in aviation without any...
“Bullshit Flights”: A debate on legitimate air traffic
Flying is essentially a luxury activity, and in many cases downright obscene. Our definition: bullshit flights are unnecessary, frivolous and unfair – and should be stopped immediately. This article summarizes the results of a Stay Grounded survey on bullshit flights, and poses some questions about the future of our mobility system.
Flying with biofuels produced from “waste oils” destroys biodiversity
Biofuels are problematic and a false solution; real degrowth of the aviation...
Air transport can stop increasing its climate impact very quickly without waiting for a hypothetical “green” plane
Researchers have calculated that with a 2.5% annual decrease in CO2 emissions, air travel could stabilise its climate impact at its 2019 level. We explain why with blankets and duvets.
COP26 Aviation Deal Fails to Align Sector with Paris Agreement Goals
The International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition (IACAC) is hugely...
Protest actions around the globe against aviation greenwashing during COP26
Stop Greenwashing – Reduce Air Traffic Now! In the first days of November...
COP26: Protest actions around the globe target aviation “greenwashing” and call for a reduction of air traffic
Protests in Mexico, Nepal, Germany, France, Ghana and the UK Day of Action...
Action at UK airports targets “greenwashing” of aviation and calls for halting of expansion plans
Stay Grounded UK co-ordinates events at 10 airports. Part of global action...
The Troubling Story of Aviation‘s Greenwashing
Greenwashing is the corporate practice of making diverting sustainability...
Aviation lobby using greenwashing to avoid emission cuts, warn climate organisations
Ahead of COP26 climate summit, global network Stay Grounded plus around 40...
A Vision for Long-Distance Travel Beyond Aviation
While many understand the critique of aviation and support some of the...
Activists block Leipzig Halle Cargo Airport in protest against planned expansion
Report on the action of "Cancel LEJ" and its effects On the night of Saturday,...
Frequent Flyer Programmes Incentivise Climate Destruction
Let’s end them: Here’s why Opposition to air travel is growing rapidly due to...
No to Madrid and Barcelona airport expansions
(photo credits: @Christine Tyler / Stay Grounded) 120 organisations call on...
Kerosinsteuer für Flugverkehr: Vorschlag der EU-Kommission klimapolitisch ungenügend
Fit for 55 Klimaschutzplan der EU nicht ausreichend für den Flugverkehr. Geplante Einführung einer Kerosinsteuer ist sinnvoll, es gibt jedoch zu viele Ausnahmen.
EU Fit for 55 Aviation Rules: Too Many Loopholes and Too Slow
EU’s Proposed End of Kerosene Tax Exemption Welcomed, but Lacks Ambition...
Aeronautical engineers’ new report confirms that air industry growth forecasts are unsustainable
This new report, more fleshed out than the first, is underpinned by a basic proposal: the need to introduce a carbon budget for air transport, which would represent the total amount of CO2 that the sector could emit by 2050, and provide a framework within which the effectiveness of the measures adopted could be assessed.
The Zapatistas’ grounded travel & anti-airport struggles
After sailing across the Atlantic for more than one month, on the 10th of...
Deutsche Luftfahrtkonferenz ignoriert Klimaabkommen
++ Klimaschädliche Wirkung des Flugverkehrs ist höher als veranschlagt ++...
Two years jail for denouncing Lisbon’s airport expansion?
From Inês Teles and Francisco Pedro, Aterra (member organisation Stay...
Safe Landing: A Just Transition with Aviation Workers
How do we envision a transition process that cares for the climate and the...
Underwater runways
This article first appeared on the Flight Free UK blog and is published here...
New Research: Airport projects responsible for human rights violations and ecological destruction around the world
Interactive map documents 80 cases of airport-related injustices and...
What we have learned after one year of aviation bailouts
Exactly one year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, the first airlines...
Destination Degrowth – Ein gerechter Übergang vom Flugverkehr zur klimagerechten Mobilität
Seit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie ist der Flugverkehr am Boden. Seit vielen...
Lives over Profit – People over Planes
The last remaining families that resist an airport expansion, at Vila Nazaré,...
Release: Just Transition of Aviation Discussion Paper
London/Vienna - 8th of February 2021: Today, the UK trade union PCS and the...
This is your pilot speaking
This is your pilot speaking: brace for the greatest emergency of our lives...
10 Reasons Why Flying Like Before Covid Is A Really Bad Idea
The pandemic reduced air traffic massively in 2020 and gave the climate a...
Stay Grounded In Review: 2020 – The Year That Changed Everything?
This was a difficult year for everyone. The pandemic that took us all by...
Stay Grounded Condemns UK Supreme Court’s Go-ahead of Heathrow Expansion
UK Supreme Court ruled to overthrow decision to stop third runway // Stay...
Protest flour against Vienna Airport Expansion
In Austria, a coalition of local producers, citizens' initiatives and climate...
33 organisations urge the EU to address the full climate impact of aviation now
New analysis for the European Commission underlines that aviation’s climate...
New European Commission study adds to evidence on aviation’s total climate impact
New European Commission study makes clear that aviation is far worse than...
Planet holds breath for Heathrow landmark ruling
--> Please see previous RisingTideUK blog on the High Court Verdict and the...
Staying on the Ground in India: “Slow travel is the way forward”
In this grounded story by Vivek Gilani we learn about his motivation to reduce...
Understanding Greenwashing and False Solutions
The aviation industry is engaged in a concerted global greenwashing campaign...
Frequent Flyer Levy: Tackling the Injustice of Flying
Air travel is the preserve of the global rich: recent research shows that less...
The total climate impact of aviation
For a long time, the aviation industry and governments ignored the fact that...
Airport actions & campaigns – lessons learned on successful strategies and tactics
Despite climate crisis and global pandemic, airport expansion and construction...
Leeds Bradford Airport expansion plans – legal arguments about emissions
Background: Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) wants to expand from 4 million...
Virtually International – How Virtual Meetings Can Help to Avoid Flights
Summary of the webinar “Virtually international - how virtual meetings can...
Hundreds of Penguin Climate Activists Block Berlin Airport BER Opening
Blockade of the Opening of BER Airport in Germany on 31st October Berlin,...
Taxes or Limits?
Measures to reduce air traffic in a just way On September 22nd, the Stay...
#AvionsATerre: protests at 18 airports in France and Mexico
Following the appeal launched by French Stay Grounded members Alternatiba and...
March on Benito Juarez Airport – Those who fight for life, never die!
On October 3rd, Stay Grounded took the French March on Airports beyond...
Grounded Academics: Christoph Küffer, ETH Zürich
Christoph Küffer is a senior researcher at the Institute of Integrative...
Sail to the COP – a grounded sailing story
“We woke up with dolphins and flying fish around the ship. But far more...
E-Fuels: A Realistic Alternative for Powering Aviation?
Although the Covid crisis has drastically reduced air transport, the aviation...
“Zero-carbon” aviation remains an unfounded promise
Analysis of the French government’s plan to support the aeronautics industry...
Just Transition in the Aviation Sector
Ways for shifting towards a climate-just transport system. The role of...
Island Hopping for the Advanced Traveller
original blogpost by Zomer Zonder Vliegen From Malta to Texel without a plane!...
13 Grounded Holiday Destinations to Put on Your Bucket List
The original version of this article was written in Dutch by our Let’s Stay Grounded campaign partner Natuur en Milieu.
Greenwashing: Advertising Code Committee Ruled Against Airline KLM
Claims for high use of biofuels debunked as misleading // More rulings could...
Emissions Offsetting: a Modern Sale of Indulgences
Offsetting emissions from flights is a popular measure amongst organisations...
Call to ban short haul flights in France
On July 3rd, Stay Grounded and its member Climate Action Network France...
Traveling by cargo ship: climate-friendly alternative or not?
How useful is it to consider piggybacking on a ship as an alternative to an...
Electric flying unfeasible for longer distances
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the use of electricity as a source of energy for aircraft. Is ‘sustainable flying’ within reach? An expert from the aviation industry explains.
Grounding Travel Policies in Organisations
In the Stay Grounded webinar on “Grounding travel policies in organisations” we explored different measures available to organisations to reduce business air travel. The webinar had a focus on academia, with inputs from University Bergen and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
CORSIA Baseline Change: Aviation’s Climate Regulation Is Broken Beyond Repair
Today, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)...
How to Do Grounded Online Campaigning
How can small NGOs or grassroots groups run multiple social media channels like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram in an effective way and coordinate properly?
AUA-Rettung: Bruchlandung für das Klima
Wien, 8. Juni – Die Klimagerechtigkeits-Organisationen Stay Grounded und...
Airport Conflicts – Struggles for Environmental Justice
All across the globe airport projects involve new land acquisition, the destruction of ecosystems, displacement of people and local pollution and health issues. This webinar presented the results of 300 socio-environmental conflicts related to the expansion or creation of new airports or aerotropolis that were mapped in research in collaboration between Environmental Justice Atlas and Stay Grounded.
Campaigns to reduce aviation – a movement for the privileged?
Summary of our webinar to explore inclusiveness and social justice in our...
9 billion bailout to Lufthansa
Find here the German press release of our member "Am Boden bleiben",...
Not every train is good – Why we have to say “NO to the Maya train”
All around the world people from our member groups are fighting against new...
Aktion gegen Rettungspaket für Lufthansa
Ergebnisse heutiger Online-Pressekonferenz und Aktion zur Übergabe von...
AUA-Staatshilfen: Zehn Maßnahmen für klimagerechten Umbau
Das Netzwerk Stay Grounded warnt angesichts der fortschreitenden Verhandlungen...
AUA-Staatshilfen: Keine Millionengeschenke auf Kosten des Klimas
Das Netzwerk Stay Grounded fordert Rettungspakete für die Flugindustrie an...
250 Organisations Demand Red Lines for Aviation Bailouts
#SavePeopleNotPlanes: Open letter demands that workers and the climate are put...
Open letter: COVID-19 Just Recovery Principles
With their measures against the Covid-19 crisis, governments must follow...
Airline bailouts: Save people, not planes
++ Version française ++ Today’s meeting of EU transport ministers must not...
Erasmus Student Network’s partnership with Ryanair– outdated in times of climate crisis
Stay Grounded sends open letter urging the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) to...
Heathrow Third Runway Ruling: Milestone and Hope for other Struggles
The Stay Grounded Network is celebrating today's decision by the UK court of...
Filipino fishers join global climate strike
Filipino fisherfolk fighting against Bulcan Aerotropolis and wider...
How to Tell Grounded Stories
Aviation is deeply engrained in the lifestyle of many people in the Global...
New night train Vienna – Brussels celebrated by climate action groups in both cities
After more than 15 years of absence, the night train connecting Brussels and Vienna returns. Twice a week, travelers can now travel in their sleep between the two capitals. It is only a modest start, but in both cities Stay Grounded members welcomed the new night train as a positive step towards a more climate friendly transport system. The first departing trains were celebrated directly on the platform by activists wearing pyjamas.
Paris airport expansion opposed by 67 mayors
France: 67 mayors, among them the current mayor of Paris, officially oppose...
Consumer shaming distracts from the core problem
Sigh. There we go again. This time, it is Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of clothing...
First success and next round: Global Solidarity with Protests against Karad Airport Expansion
Local authorities finally listen to affected farmers – After first success Stay Grounded Network sends follow-up letter to Prime Minister of India urging to stop Karad Airport expansion. Stay Grounded had been informed that the previous letter had an impact…
Degrowth of Aviation
How to reduce air travel in a just way? On 5th of December, Stay Grounded...
New Study: Measures to reduce air travel in a just way
Stay Grounded Network releases report “Degrowth of Aviation - Reducing Air...
System Change and/or Behaviour Change?
On Oct. 29th 2019, our second Stay Grounded Webinar took place. We discussed...
XR TARGET CARBON INFRASTRUCTURE! Attempt to shut down London City Airport (LCA)
As part of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) London Shutdown Autumn Rebellion fortnight, in the morning of October 10th, a dozen or so activists arrived to attempt to shut down LCA and stay for 3 days. They were soon joined by 100 re-inforcements but were met by a mass police presence of over 100 officers surrounding and trying to…
The “System” and/or the “Behaviour”? What do we need to change? A Discussion and a Webinar
Systemic change – on political, economic and cultural levels – is necessary to...
Forced tourism or: Travelling without Economy class
Article by Yayo Herrero, Spanish activist and ecofeminist professor,...
Protests against International Aviation Emissions Strategy
Planned protests in Montreal at International Aviation Assembly (24th of...
Open Letter: Global Solidarity with Protests against Karad Airport Expansion
On September 19, the Stay Grounded Network sent out an open letter to the Prime Minister of India and representatives of Maharashtra State in support of the affected farmers and citizens protesting against the expansion of Karad Airport with a sit-in since July 29th 2019.
CORSIA – better or worse than nothing?
The next ICAO Assembly on CORSIA will take place in Montreal from the 24th of September until the 4th of October 2019. Stay Grounded offered a webinar on the 29th of August that explained the current status in the CORSIA process and indicated ways to resist the problematic scheme. Find a shortened version of the recorded webinar, and an overview here.
Sit-in of farmers for more than a month against Karad Airport expansion
For 36 days, small-scale farmers have been protesting days and nights with a sit-in in front of the district’s planning administration (Satara Collector Office) against the expansion of Karad Airport in Maharashtra State, India. The farmers had started the sit-in (Thiyya Aandola) on 29th of July and announced to continue their protest until the government meets their demands and cancels the expansion project. This agitation is the latest in the ongoing resistance of farmers opposing the airport expansion for more than 8 years. The protests take place under the aegis of the socio-political organization Shramik Mukti Dal.
Activists block fuel train to challenge airport expansion in Sweden
On the 11th of August a group of climate activists disrupted the delivery of aviation fuel to Arlanda airport outside Stockholm, Sweden by blocking 14 tank cars of fossil fuels from entering the station. Activists of the local campaign Flyglarm Arlanda peacefully trespassed into the fuel station, to challenge the expansion of the airport.
More than 300 aviation-related conflicts and environmental justice movements around the world mapped in research project
The EnvJustice project of the Environmental Science and Technology Institute at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Autonomous University of Barcelona) ICTA-UAB and the Stay Grounded network have registered more than 300 socio-environmental conflicts related to the expansion or creation of new airports or aerotropolis (airports surrounded by industrial and commercial zones). 60 of these have been analyzed and…
Aviation: Resistance sparks today in Barcelona – Climate solutions presented at Conference
“Degrowth of Aviation” Conference ends today – Action at Barcelona Airport...
Barcelona: A City Exploited by Tourism and Air Traffic
Barcelona is the fourth most-visited European city, the first destination of...
Presenting superpolluting planes, the Paris Airshow disregards climate emergency
Paris, June 18, 2018 – Stay Grounded, an international network of more than 120 organisations working to curb the aviation sector’s unrestrained expansion, sharply criticizes the celebration of aviation growth and the presentation of supersonic start-up Boom at the Paris Air Show.
Planned Conference “Degrowth of Aviation” & Further activities of the Stay Grounded Network
Conference on how to reduce aviation on 12-14th of July in Barcelona // Action...
SALON DU BOURGET: FACE A L’URGENCE CLIMATIQUE, GARDONS LES PIEDS SUR TERRE !
Du 17 au 23 juin se tiendra au Bourget le 53ème Salon International de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, près de quatre ans après la signature en ces lieux de l’Accord de Paris, par lequel 195 pays s’engageaient à réduire drastiquement leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Exonérée de cet engagement mondial, l’industrie du transport aérien prospère, et sa contribution à l’effet de serre explose.
Supersonics are superpolluters – let’s counter the new aircraft’s push
Acccording to IATA, aircraft emitted about 850 million metric tonnes (MMT) of...
Flying Is and Will Be a Major Source of Our Global Warming Problems and Is Currently a Great Example for Climate Injustice – so Let‘s Put Our Energies Here Before it‘s Too Late!
A replik to Sasja Beslik by Anne Kretzschmar, campaigner of Stay Grounded On...
Illegal construction works associated with New Mexico City International Airport
CPOOME raises an urgent alert upon the illegal construction works associated with the New Mexico City International Airport. Workers, trucks and heavy machinery had entered the Ejidos of Nexquipayac on the Texcoco Lake shore without authorization and presentation of the project to the community on March 6th. After having faced resistance by farmers, the construction company was guarded by about a hundred strikers and armed men in the second attempt, threatening ejidatarios and …
Open Letter: Solidarity with Save Maldives
On Febuary 26, the Stay Grounded Network sent out an open letter to the President of the Maldives on behalf of its more than 100 global member organisations in solidarity with the Save Maldives citizen movement. It urges the recently elected President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to stop the ongoing and planned destruction of ecosystems and livelihoods for airport infrastructure – making the archipelago even more vulnerable to the climate crisis.
Solidarity with the Stansted 15
The Stansted 15 are a group of anti-deportation protesters who blocked a UK government deportation flight at Stansted Airport last year to make the links clearer between climate change, colonialism, homophobia and the border regime. In a world of the IPCC’s current forecast of 3 degrees C plus, innocent climate breakdown refugees will face …
Global Network of Organizations Recommends Ways to Reverse Aviation Growth, to UNFCCC
Stay Grounded, a new global network of about 80 organisations working to curb the commercial aviation sector’s unrestrained expansion, today submitted recommendations to the United Nations’ climate change policy body. The submission is…
Stay Grounded Action Weeks: 27 actions, 11 countries, 3 continents
The past two weeks, the new global network Stay Grounded conducted Global Action Weeks, with 130 organizations demanding the reduction of air travel and 27 actions taking place in 11 countries. The action weeks ended yesterday with…
Press Release: Stay Grounded international network launched to counter aviation
This week marks the official launch of Stay Grounded, a global network of organisations and activist groups working to curb the unrestrained expansion of the aviation sector that is causing ever increasing damage to the climate and local residents. Supported by more than 100 civil society organisations, …
Press Release: ‘Bulacan Aerotropolis’ threatens marine ecology, food security – fisherfolk
Calling it as one of the biggest environmental disasters to hit Manila Bay, the activist fisherfolk group PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas said the Bulacan Aerotropolis Project will kill both the marine ecosystem and the lives of thousands of fisherfolk who subsist by fishing in the waters of Manila Bay. The project will be constructed at the 2,500-hectare waters of Manila Bay in …
New french report “L’illusion de l’aviation verte”
The aviation industry has announced its intention to become greener in the future. This report examines the different climate strategies. Do they deliver on their promises? Is carbon-neutral growth a realistic goal? “L’illusion de l’aviation verte” is written for people and groups that want to understand the greening strategies in order to effectively address aviation growth and climate change.