The pandemic reduced air traffic massively in 2020 and gave the climate a short breathing space. But if we overcome Covid next year, should we take off again? We say: No! Here’s why:1. Flights are very bad for your climate footprint. Taking one long-haul flight can...
--> Please see previous RisingTideUK blog on the High Court Verdict and the case leading up to the Court of Appeal here:- https://stay-grounded.org/london-heathrow-expansion-3d-runway-runaway-climate-breakdown/ Summary So, we await the verdict of the UK Supreme...
Although the Covid crisis has drastically reduced air transport, the aviation industry intends to resume the massive growth planned for the sector. Since using electric aircraft at a big scale and for long distances is unrealistic and biofuels aren’t ecologically...
Analysis of the French government’s plan to support the aeronautics industry The allegedly “zero-carbon” aircraft, if introduced, will miss its target, incapable of being applied to long-haul flights, which currently account for more than 50% of global CO2 emissions...
Offsetting emissions from flights is a popular measure amongst organisations trying to implement more sustainable travel policies. However, offsets generally means no real change in behaviours and policies, and is virtually useless in terms of emissions reductions....
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.In order to answer this question, we first have to discuss the energy...
France: 67 mayors, among them the current mayor of Paris, officially oppose the Roissy CDG airport expansion in an open letter to E. Macron. On Thursday 16th, a group of mayors representing more than sixty cities surrounding Paris gave a press conference on the topic...
South-West Essex Fight the Flights Action Report, London, October 11th: As part of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) London Shutdown Autumn Rebellion fortnight, before 9am yesterday morning a dozen or so activists arrived to attempt to shut down LCA and stay for 3 days....
Systemic change – on political, economic and cultural levels – is necessary to avert a climate catastrophe, and should have started decades ago. In the past years, we have not only witnessed how slowly the political and economic system is able to adapt – but that in...
Acccording to IATA, aircraft emitted about 850 million metric tonnes (MMT) of CO2 in 2017, or more than the entire German economy. And that doesn’t even take into account the climate impacts of other air pollutants released from burning jet fuel high in the...
