Emissions de-growth
INFRASTRUCTURE
• We can’t expand airports after declaring a climate emergency lets shift to low carbon transport instead
https://theconversation.com/we-cant-expand-airports-after-declaring-a-climate-emergency-lets-shift-to-low-carbon-transport-instead-120740
• Stay Grounded position paper
stay-grounded.org/position-paper/
FLIGHT LEVY
• Why a ‘Green flying duty’ is vital to combat climate change
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/climate-change-crisis-green-flying-duty-sustainable-travel-a9056041.html
OFFSETS SCAMMING
• Offsetting on the rise still very low
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/spike-offsetting-flight-emissions-german-non-profit-atmosfair
Emissions growth
FLIGHT DEMAND
• Tourist Aviation Emissions: A Problem of Collective Action
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0047287518769764?journalCode=jtrb
GREENWASHING
• ‘Green’ travel stunts by airlines can’t erase the environmental impact of flying
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2019/08/16/green-travel-stunts-by-airlines-cant-erase-environmental-impact-flying/
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
• Meet Alice, the battery-powered plane that could herald the age of electric air travel
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/aviation-electric-planes-climate-change/
• Startups bet hydrogen fuel cells are ready for takeoff in aviation
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2019/08/14/zeroavia-alakai-hydrogen-fuel-cell/#781ce72618aa
• Lufthansa offers climate friendly fuel but at a price
https://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/115125538/lufthansa-offers-climatefriendly-fuel-but-at-a-price
OFFSETS SCAMMING
• Carbon offsetting isn’t a cure-all for your filthy flying habit
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/carbon-offsetting-uk-flights
TOURISM
• Will the 2050 zero emissions target mean we have to give up our holidays?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/zero-carbon-emissions-2050-airline-industry/
Individual change
FLIGHT REFRAIN
• Travel the world without destroying it
https://theconversation.com/travel-the-world-without-destroying-it-imagine-newsletter-5-121269?fbclid=IwAR3Dk-yMb-jn7QX_XK2B_Pz-rUIQLx5mgFL1IvQC9zwhIJkIjc2HlWHk2Bw
• Why I’m choosing not to fly for a year
https://www.loveexploring.com/news/88186/opinion-why-im-choosing-not-to-fly-for-a-year?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Social change
ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
• High-speed trains to nowhere: Australia’s long-running rail fail
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/07/high-speed-trains-to-nowhere-australias-long-running-rail-fail
• Climate change: Should you fly, drive or take the train?
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49349566
• Travel the world without destroying it
https://theconversation.com/travel-the-world-without-destroying-it-imagine-newsletter-5-121269
