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 policy instruments and strategies…
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 Heuwieser / Stay Grounded Network (Austria) Email: press@stay-grounded.org Phone: 0043…
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.
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...
“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 order to protest against the…
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.
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 “Degrowth of Aviation” will…
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.
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...
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...