Emissions de-growth
INFRASTRUCTURE
• British Airways boss says Heathrow is unlikely to get a third runway due to environmental concerns
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/10/10/british-airways-boss-says-heathrow-unlikely-get-third-runway/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
• UK “No airport expansion” petition
https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-stop-all-airport-expansion
• Climate change could ground corporate jets
https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/corporate-jets-fly-in-the-face-of-companies-green-branding-20191007-p52yai
• Boeing and Airbus to see reduced jet demand as climate awareness grows, UBS says
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/30/boeing-and-airbus-to-see-reduced-plane-demand-as-climate-awareness-grows.html
• It’s trying times for Greta Thunberg’s hometown airline
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2019/09/30/its-trying-times-for-greta-thunbergs-hometown-airline/#76dc9ac57eaa
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
• Aviation climate targets may drive 3 million hectares of deforestation
https://www.regnskog.no/en/news/aviation-climate-targets-may-drive-3-million-hectares-of-deforestation
• Jet fuel from thin air: Aviation’s hope or hype?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/business-49725741?__twitter_impression=true
• A new jet fuel offers the prospect of no-carbon, “guilt-free” flying
https://www.marketplace.org/2019/10/10/a-new-jet-fuel-offers-the-prospect-of-no-carbon-guilt-free-flying/
CARBON PRICING POLICY
• It’s time to abandon carbon pricing
https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/carbon-pricing-green-new-deal-fossil-fuel-environment
• No evidence that carbon pricing reduced Australian domestic air travel
https://osf.io/2mnxh/download/?format=pdf
FREQUENT FLYER LEVY
To fulfill their carbon neutral promises, airlines must be prepared to bear the costs
https://qz.com/1781601/jetblues-carbon-neutral-flights-would-be-expensive-but-not-impossible/
Emissions growth
INFRASTRUCTURE
• Heathrow Airport green wash Heathrow Airport unveils plan for “carbon neutral growth” greenwash
https://your.heathrow.com/heathrow-airport-unveils-plan-for-carbon-neutral-growth/
• San Francisco airport building wall to contain sea level rise
https://miamibeachtimes.com/real-estate/national-and-global-real-estate/san-francisco-airport-building-wall-to-contain-sea-level-rise/
• UK airport expansion plans make 2050 climate change target unlikely
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-airport-expansion-plans-make-2050-climate-change-target-unlikely-11836533
FLIGHT DEMAND
• Academic researchers are among the highest emitters
https://tyndall.ac.uk/travel-strategy
• Universities need to rein in academic air travel and greenhouse gases
https://theconversation.com/universities-need-to-rein-in-academic-air-travel-and-greenhouse-gases-121964
• University sector must tackle air travel emissions
https://theconversation.com/university-sector-must-tackle-air-travel-emissions-118929
• Frequent flyer points are in the crosshairs. This is why they should be scrapped
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-20/frequent-traveller-i-support-scrapping-frequent-flyer-programs/11616262
• These celebrities cause 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the average person
https://theconversation.com/these-celebrities-cause-10-000-times-more-carbon-emissions-from-flying-than-the-average-person-123886?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1571742301
DEREGULATION
• UN aviation agency fails again on climate
https://ftnnews.com/aviation/37950-un-aviation-agency-fails-again-on-climate
GREENWASHING
• IAG backs net zero carbon emissions by 2050
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/iag-backs-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2050
• Sorry Ryanair, there’s no such thing as a green airline
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ryanair-carbon-emissions-advert-airline
• People are willing to pay higher airfare for this reason–and it’s not extra legroom
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/16/travelers-would-pay-a-higher-airfare-price-for-this-reason.html
• Qantas Dreamliner completes longest ever commercial flight
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/20/qantas-longest-commercial-flight-new-york-sydney-dreamliner-787
OFFSETS SCAMMING
• India seeks changes in ICAO’s calculation for offsetting aviation greenhouse gas emissions
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-seeks-changes-in-icaos-calculation-for-offsetting-aviation-greenhouse-gas-emissions/articleshow/71364920.cms
• Company selling carbon offsets admits it’s better not to fly than to buy
https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/carbon-offsets-airplane-emissions_ca_5d974d76e4b0da7f66259f1a
FUEL TAX EVASION
• Global fossil fuel subsidies remain large — $5.2 trillion in 2017
https://www.imf.org/~/media/Files/Publications/WP/2019/WPIEA2019089.ashx
Individual change
FLIGHT REFRAIN
• ‘Flight shame’ could halve growth in air traffic
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49890057?fbclid=IwAR33GSI7scagwaogT_fstJ6yQ-KfzJdGCT2PKaXv82WLenKaO6_v788-_us#
• Travel industry told ‘we have to fly less’
https://buyingbusinesstravel.com/news/industry-told-we-have-to-fly-less/
• Air miles should be axed to deter frequent fliers, advises report
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/14/air-miles-should-be-taxed-to-deter-frequent-fliers-advises-report?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet
• A report on climate change is calling to ban frequent flyer miles
https://www.good.is/frequent-flyer-miles-climate-change
• Climate change fears as flyers admit that half of their flights are ‘unimportant’
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/climate-change-fears-as-flyers-admit-that-half-of-their-flights-are-unimportant-174638516.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG3H8B-vnM4GFCjMPML8ranvR9s6awXGka7geLKI9zyuL-ybP1uZFTufUv5jPh7x968ZYbgIuQnOiOyTDwCDXyulIRvQ9ZbeSEzcF54xg0G5nLSV9nFRNUGHvb4beomzbS6CnuZ6RwqrnXWjOabrq3fI0JeSVn86NlpRrM6f1JpL&guccounter=2
• Can we fly less? Evaluating the ‘necessity’ of air travel
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969699719303229?dgcid=author
• Academics should fly less to convey urgency
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6460/1355
• Quebec woman launches Flight Free 2020 Canada campaign to encourage Canadians to stay on the ground
https://www.straight.com/news/1252356/quebec-woman-launches-flight-free-2020-canada-campaign-encourage-canadians-stay-ground
• Zero Emissions University climate pledge to reduce aviation emissions
https://zeroemissionuniversity.com/climate-pledge/
• BBC discussion on ‘should we stop flying?’
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/should-we-stop-flying/p07nh7g5
• Why some climate scientists are saying no to flying
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2019/05/why-some-climate-scientists-are-saying-no-flying
• Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat
https://theconversation.com/feeling-flight-shame-try-quitting-air-travel-and-catch-a-sail-boat-123349
• How guilty should you feel about flying?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/17/climate/flying-shame-emissions.html
• How Australian travellers can avoid flight shame
https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/travel/2019/10/09/flight-shame-australia-travel/
• Flight shame: Climate guilt has created a growing anti-flying movement
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/flygskam-swedish-flying-shame-environment/11297138
• ‘Flying shame’ has spread across Europe — are Australians feeling it too?
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/flying-shame-has-spread-across-europe-are-australians-feeling-it-too
• What hypocrisy, I think guiltily, as I jet off to academic conferences far and wide
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/29/hypocrisy–guilt-jet-off-to-academic-conferences-plane-travel?CMP=share_btn_tw
• Increase in numbers trying to cut the amount they fly could reduce plane sales by Airbus and Boeing
http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/2019/10/increase-in-numbers-trying-to-cut-the-amount-they-fly-could-reduce-plane-sales-by-airbus-and-boeing/
• Flight passenger growth could halve due to ‘flight shame’, says new research
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/flight-shame-growth-halve-passengers-flygskam-climate-change-ubs-survey-a9129206.html
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
• Anna Hughes (FF UK) responds to XR action at London City Airport
https://www.flightfree.co.uk/post/rebelling-against-extinction
ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
• Is solar power the future of airships?
https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/is-solar-power-the-future-of-airships?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4
• Higher speed rail
https://www.solutionaryrail.org/hrsr_rb3
• Why I’ve ditched planes for 24 hour commutes to work by train
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/comment/par-holmgren-why-ive-ditched-planes-for-24-hour-commutes-to-work-by-train-645279
• Travel industry confirms rail ‘renaissance’ in Europe
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/travel-industry-confirms-rail-renaissance-in-europe/54828.article
• Flying less
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/19/guardian-climate-pledge-2019-air-travel-advice
• Get ready to ditch your business class flight
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-29/climate-change-rail-companies-sign-up-to-flight-shame-movement
• Nothing moves slower in Australia than fast rail
https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/urbanism/infrastructure/nothing-moves-slower-in-australia-than-fast-rail/
THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY
• We need a blood-sweat-and-tears speech
http://www.climatecodered.org/2019/10/we-would-never-board-plane-if-we-only.html?m=1
