Emissions de-growth
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Greenland airport becomes latest victim of climate change
https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/15/greenland-airport-becomes-latest-victim-of-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR1n0ZUtgLLF_v1HGdBSBrxFqQrXpqjnda5mksdTMaT6-kb_GjwR0050i9w
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
• We should be turning our sunshine into jet fuel
https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/we-should-be-turning-our-sunshine-into-jet-fuel-20200123-p53u09.html
• Bills would accelerate electric airliner research
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/bills-would-accelerate-electric-airliner-research/
• Waste to aviation fuel
https://waste-management-world.com/a/in-depth-waste-to-aviation-fuel-time-for-take-off
• Why is the US military funding this new biofuel breakthrough
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Biofuels/Why-Is-The-US-Military-Funding-This-New-Biofuel-Breakthrough.html
CARBON PRICING
• Government to charge each department carbon tax for flights they take
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/government-to-charge-each-department-carbon-tax-for-flights-they-take/
POLICY
• How your bosses should cut back on flights
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jan/18/plane-wrong-how-your-bosses-should-cut-back-on-flights
• Government departments now ‘carbon taxed’ on air travel
https://www.thejournal.ie/government-air-travel-carbon-taxed-4962786-Jan2020/
• What happens when academics fly less to conferences
https://whyy.org/segments/what-happens-when-academics-fly-less-to-conferences/
• U.S. environmental groups plan to sue Trump administration on airplane emissions
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1ZT2LV
• Shaming people for flying won’t cut airline emissions. We need a smarter-solution
http://theconversation.com/shaming-people-for-flying-wont-cut-airline-emissions-we-need-a-smarter-solution-127257
• Barcelona’s mayor wants to ban flights to Madrid
https://simpleflying.com/barcelonas-mayor-wants-to-ban-flights-to-madrid/
Emissions growth
FLIGHT DEMAND
• It’s time to ban private jets
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/opinion_it-s-time-to-ban-private-jets/45504342
• Centre for Aviation: Sustainability and the environment
https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/aviation-sustainability-and-the-environment-capa-16-jan-2020-509456
GREENWASHING
• First US airline pledges carbon neutrality by mid 2020 for all domestic flights
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/first-us-airline-pledges-carbon-neutrality-by-mid2020-for-all-domestic-flights/
• JetBlue to be first carbon neutral airline in US
https://www.ecowatch.com/jetblue-carbon-neutral-airline-2644666201.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
OFFSETS SCAMMING
• Do carbon offsets really work? It depends on the details
https://www.wired.com/story/do-carbon-offsets-really-work-it-depends-on-the-details/
• Climate change and flying: the best airline carbon offset schemes, and how to turn ‘flight shame’ into action
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3046570/climate-change-and-flying-best-airline-carbon-offset
TOURISM
• Why tourism should die—and why it won’t
https://newrepublic.com/article/156307/tourism-dieand-wont
• Go on holiday to a better world
https://www.travelweekly.com/Articles/Go-on-holiday-to-a-better-world
Individual change
FLIGHT REFRAIN
• Why you shouldn’t feel too guilty about flying
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/flying-guilt/
• Sweden sees rare fall in air passengers, as flight-shaming takes off
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-51067440?__twitter_impression=true
• Our flight-free adventure across Europe
https://medium.com/@tedavis/our-flight-free-adventure-across-europe-582d46484042
• Why I’m planning not to use my new passport… and you should think about it too
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7901205/amp/Why-Im-planning-NOT-use-new-passport-think-says-JOHN-HUMPHRYS.html?__twitter_impression=true
• Why Germans are flying less
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200128-why-germans-are-flying-less?fbclid=IwAR01cLvsYbQlyWXylzXA8_fLzyBjDGI2cKJLQEdS4sTXNZ_8pTvQh0XfmII
Social change
PROTESTS
• Olympian climbs on top of plane; activist delivers climate lecture, delaying take-off
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/extinction-rebellion-protests-palaympian-james-brown-climbs-on-roof-of-british-airways-plane-at-london-city-airport/news-story/20675e6bb688947f9320c313a0f2b3cf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts6vzuPDOwo&feature=player_embedded&fbclid=IwAR3uQVKolRIGnyalP6TBLlOYHvKFAlOQ7IuUy8gGMyrGPE-mqvQpvlKXdDU
• XR block city airport, London during spring rebellion
https://rebellion.earth/2019/10/10/extinction-rebellion-we-are-scared/
• Activists set sail across the Atlantic to Chile to demand curbs on flying
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/02/activists-set-sail-across-the-atlantic-to-chile-to-demand-curbs-on-flying
• Flight shaming, Greta Thunberg, and the ‘Sail to the COP’ group of 36 activists from EU
(interview with Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer from University of Melbourne starts at around 1h 29min)
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/programs/afternoons/afternoons/11552692
ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
• Germany cuts fares for long-distance rail travel in response to climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/02/germany-cuts-fares-for-long-distance-rail-travel-in-response-to-climate-crisis
• Germany goes greener with $95 billion push for train over plane
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-14/germany-goes-greener-with-95-billion-push-for-train-over-plane?fbclid=IwAR08fwyTvSiztQmLjCBDw0TlTsc8FUX11xRy7pxlO1LBRmuKXjXacLx2rzY
• Could sleeper trains replace international air travel?
https://theconversation.com/could-sleeper-trains-replace-international-air-travel-130334
• Premium bus lines emerge, challenging airlines
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/02/04/premium-bus-lines-emerge-challenging-airlines/#56a02046360d
THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
• War footing for climate change
https://www.tai.org.au/sites/default/files/Polling%20-%20January%202020%20-%20War%20footing%20for%20climate%20change%20%5BWeb%5D.pdf
