Governments and corporations promote airports as a sign of progress and with promises of ‘development’. In reality, the construction of airports and associated infrastructure drives people off their land, destroys livelihoods, plunders water and fertile soil and...
Webinar: Greenwashing and false solutions: biofuels, offsets, techno-fixes
Join us to talk about how airlines are greenwashing their activity and how we can counter it. We will cover illusory techno-fixes and offsetting; we will discuss the myth of sustainable aviation fuels and why the promotion of biofuels and waste-derived fuels by the aviation industry is a false climate solution which could lead to more deforestation and land grabs around the world. We’ll also explain why waste-derived aviation fuels are unlikely to work. We will talk about how international policy and carbon markets contribute to the problems, as well as examining the gender-differentiated impacts of these false solutions.
Speakers
- Alethea Warrington – Possible
- Almuth & Gary – Biofuelwatch
- Simone Lovera- Global Forest Coalition
- Finlay – Aircraft Engineer (previously Rolls Royce)
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This is a public workshop within the Stay Grounded Network meeting
