News & Blog
In this section you find current information about the aviation industry and campaigns to counter aviation. You can see all articles of one category by clicking on the yellow button with the category’s name.
La compensation carbone : le retour du commerce des indulgences ?
Faire de la « compensation carbone » dans l'espoir de contrebalancer les émissions dues au voyages en avion est une mesure très prisée parmi les organisations s'efforçant d'adopter une politique de déplacements plus durable. Mais ladite compensation ne s'accompagne...
Greenwashing: Advertising Code Committee Ruled Against Airline KLM
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...
Emissions Offsetting: a Modern Sale of Indulgences
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....
Call to ban short haul flights in France
On July 3rd, Stay Grounded and its member Climate Action Network France (Réseau Action Climat), together with 15 other organisations, sent a letter to the French Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition demanding the government to limit domestic air...
Traveling by cargo ship: climate-friendly alternative or not?
How useful is it to consider piggybacking on a ship as an alternative to an intercontinental flight? Is a journey with a container ship part of a summer without flying? The Belgian campaign Summer Without Flying inspires people to rediscover alternatives for air...
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) 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....
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 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...