New European Commission study makes clear that aviation is far worse than expected. Meanwhile, the aviation industry, having its annual IATA meeting today, demands additional $ 80 billion. Stay Grounded urges to account for real climate impact and stop giving more...
Blockade of the Opening of BER Airport in Germany on 31st October Berlin, 31.10.2020 - The climate justice group 'Am Boden bleiben', a member of the international Stay Grounded network, today blocks the opening of the new airport in Berlin with protest actions. The...
Claims for high use of biofuels debunked as misleading // More rulings could follow on the aviation industry’s greenwashing Vienna/Amsterdam, June 30th 2020: KLM just recently lost the case against Eric Stam, revealing the practice of the Dutch Airline of greenwashing...
Today, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) unilaterally decided to change the baseline for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) to 2019, further watering down an already extremely weak system....
Wien, 8. Juni – Die Klimagerechtigkeits-Organisationen Stay Grounded und System Change, not Climate Change kritisieren die heute beschlossene Einigung auf Staatshilfen für die Austrian Airlines. Aus Sicht der Klima-Aktivist*innen sind die vorgestellten Klima-Maßnahmen...
Find here the German press release of our member "Am Boden bleiben", critizicing the decision taken today on a 9 billion Euro bailout for the German airline Lufthansa, granted without any social or environmental conditions. The German activist group "Am Boden bleiben"...
Ergebnisse heutiger Online-Pressekonferenz und Aktion zur Übergabe von Petition ans BMWi // 338 Organisationen und über 70.000 Menschen fordern in Kampagne #SavePeopleNotPlanes soziale und ökologische Konditionen für Rettung der Flugindustrie Berlin - 30. April 2020:...
Das Netzwerk Stay Grounded warnt angesichts der fortschreitenden Verhandlungen mit den Austrian Airlines vor bedingungslosen Staatshilfen für die Flugindustrie und präsentiert zehn Vorschläge für konkrete Maßnahmen, um den Flugverkehr angesichts der Coronakrise...
Das Netzwerk Stay Grounded fordert Rettungspakete für die Flugindustrie an klare sozial-ökologische Kriterien und Klimapläne im Einklang mit dem 1,5°C-Limit zu koppeln. Ein entsprechender offener Brief an die Bundesregierung wird von 30 österreichischen Organisationen...
#SavePeopleNotPlanes: Open letter demands that workers and the climate are put first 6th of April 2020 - Today, more than 250 organisations from 25 countries published an open letter directed to governments, urging them to resist any aviation lobby attempts to rush...
++ Version française ++ Today’s meeting of EU transport ministers must not provide unconditional bailouts for airlines. Stay Grounded Network demands funding for just transition and climate jobs. Vienna, 18th of March 2020: Today, an extraordinary meeting by EU...
The Stay Grounded Network is celebrating today's decision by the UK court of appeal to declare the construction of the planned third runway at Heathrow Airport illegal because the UK’s climate mitigation commitments and the Paris Agreement. The construction of the...
Filipino fisherfolk fighting against Bulcan Aerotropolis and wider infrastructure development, which is destroying wetland in Manila Bay, have started a mobilization called 'Fishers Rise Up!' 20/02/2020: Bulakan, Bulacan - The Fishers Rise Up! initiative includes a...
Stay Grounded Network releases report “Degrowth of Aviation - Reducing Air Travel in a Just Way” December 3, 2019 - On the occasion of the climate summit COP 25, the Stay Grounded network publishes a new report on “Degrowth of Aviation”. It combines a multitude of...
Planned protests in Montreal at International Aviation Assembly (24th of September to 4th of October) // New briefing exposes prposed palm oil in airplane tank & aviation emissions scheme (CORSIA) as set to fail to reduce aviation emissions Contact: Magdalena...
Contact: Andrea Söderblom-Tay (Flyglarm Arlanda) +46(0)73939702 https://flyglarmarlanda.se/ Mira Kapfinger (Stay Grounded) +43(0)6801451307 press@ud12-36.ud12.udmedia.de Stockholm, August 13: On the 11th of August a group of climate activists disrupted the...
Contacts: Sara Mingorria (EnvJustice, ICTA-UAB) Email: sara.mingorria@gmail.com Phone: +34676335412 Rose Bridger, Stay Grounded (Stay Grounded) Email: mapping@ud12-36.ud12.udmedia.de Phone: +44 7779 137522 Barcelona/London, 23 July: The EnvJustice project of the...
“Degrowth of Aviation” Conference ends today – Action at Barcelona Airport draws red line for aviation and mass tourism Barcelona, 14th of July 2019 – This morning, dozens of activists in red suits formed a red line inside the Barcelona’s El Prat Airport in...
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. Paris,...
Conference on how to reduce aviation on 12-14th of July in Barcelona // Action against mass tourism in Barcelona on 14th of July // European Civil Initiative to end kerosene tax exemption Vienna/Barcelona, June 12th - In one month, on the 12th of July, the conference...
Communiqué du réseau STAY GROUNDED 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...
A big step in taming climate change is the objective Contact: Mira Kapfinger, coordinator of Stay Grounded Mail: info@ud12-36.ud12.udmedia.de Phone: 0043/6801451307 Photos for free use: https://www.flickr.com/gp/164860673@N04/EfNB56 October 23rd, 2018 - Stay...
130 organisations demand reduction of air travel – 27 actions around the world 27 actions conducted around the world to protest aviation expansion „Trains, not planes“: Stay Grounded Network meeting concludes action weeks 130 organisations have signed a position paper...
1st-12th October - 2 weeks of protest events to be held around the world Contact: Magdalena Heuwieser & Mira Kapfinger / coordinators of Stay Grounded Mail: info@ud12-36.ud12.udmedia.de Phone: 0043/6503773102 1st October 2018 - This week marks the official launch...
Contact: Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson – 0921-897-0239 09/30/2018: Bulakan, Bulacan – Calling it as one of the biggest environmental disasters to hit Manila Bay, the activist fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng...
