Stopping emissions by
… flight bans
• Ban European flights and car use in cities to hurt Putin, report urges
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/08/slugs-ban-european-flights-cities-car-use-hurt-putin-russia-oil-gas-income-report
… demand reduction
• Do we need to stop flying to save the planet? We ask an expert
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/apr/15/do-we-need-to-stop-flying-to-save-the-planet-we-ask-an-expert
• Opportunities for industry leaders as new travelers take to the skies
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel-logistics-and-infrastructure/our-insights/opportunities-for-industry-leaders-as-new-travelers-take-to-the-skies
… carbon pricing
• Carbon goals ‘pose threat to aviation’s affordability’
https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/carbon-goals-pose-threat-to-aviations-affordability
… airport protests
• Administration’s second attempt to demarcation of land for Greenfield Airport fails, protest swells
https://www.barakbulletin.com/en_US/administrations-second-attempt-to-demarcation-of-land-for-greenfield-airport-fails-protest-swells/
Climate emergency
• It’s over for fossil fuels: IPCC spells out what’s needed to avert climate disaster
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/04/its-over-for-fossil-fuels-ipcc-spells-out-whats-needed-to-avert-climate-disaster
• IPCC Says Large-Scale CO2 Removal ‘Essential’ To Meet Climate Targets
https://science.thewire.in/environment/ipcc-says-large-scale-co2-removal-essential-to-meet-climate-targets/
• The shocking rise of aviation emissions
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/april-2022/aviation-emissions-canada-reduction/
Ongoing emissions
… from airports
• How ambitious are the emissions targets of companies in the airport services industry?
https://www.airport-technology.com/features/exclusive-how-ambitious-are-the-emissions-targets-of-companies-in-the-airport-services-industry/
… from fuels greenwash
• Saudi Arabia dilutes fossil fuel phase out language with techno fixes in IPCC report
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/04/04/saudi-arabia-dilutes-fossil-fuel-phase-out-language-with-techno-fixes-in-ipcc-report/
• Pulling Together: Inside The United States Aviation Climate Action Plan
https://simpleflying.com/inside-united-states-aviation-climate-action-plan/
• Six Global Financial Institutions Chart a Flight Path to Decarbonizing Aviation
https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/press-release/21263225/six-global-financial-institutions-chart-a-flight-path-to-decarbonizing-aviation
‘SUSTAINABLE’ AVIATION FUELS
The aviation industry uses marketing greenwash and accounting tricks to mislead you into thinking that actual flight emissions from ‘Sustainable’ Aviation Fuel (SAF) are a fraction of those from fossil jet fuel. A jet never burns pure SAF, so a common 50:50 blend with fossil jet fuel doubles claimed emissions. And actual flight CO2 emissions are additionally more than claimed, by the amount of CO2 drawn down in making the fuel. Furthermore SAF still creates non-CO2 emissions twice as warming as actual flight CO2 emissions.
• Seven airlines commit to buying a total of over 1.5 billion litres of SAF in three new deals
https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=2760
HYDROGEN FUEL
Burning hydrogen fuel still creates non-CO2 emissions twice as warming as avoided flight CO2 emissions, and generating enough CO2 emissions-free hydrogen will use more than all the renewable electricity currently generated.
• This hydrogen aircraft could really work
https://www.freethink.com/technology/hypoint-hydrogen-aircraft
• ‘So little attention’ | Emissions from current fossil hydrogen production on par with global aviation industry
https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/so-little-attention-emissions-from-current-fossil-hydrogen-production-on-par-with-global-aviation-industry/2-1-1204412
BATTERIES
• Qantas says long-haul electric flight still “several decades away”
https://reneweconomy.com.au/qantas-says-long-haul-electric-flight-still-several-decades-away/
• A new green pilot school in Sweden is betting big on the future of emission-free electric aviation
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/04/06/a-new-green-pilot-school-in-sweden-is-betting-big-on-the-future-of-emission-free-electric-
… from non-CO2 emissions
• Study reveals aviation’s non-CO2 climate impact
https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/study-reveals-aviations-non-co2-climate-impact
… from offsets
When all sectors need to reduce their emissions to zero, the aviation industry buys/offsets the reductions of others in order to grow its own emissions.
• Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change
https://theconversation.com/now-we-know-the-flaws-of-carbon-offsets-its-time-to-get-real-about-climate-change-181071
• Air France launches “Air France ACT” programme presenting its new CO2 emissions reduction strategy
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-france-klm-group/air-france/air-france-launches-air-france-act-programme-presenting-its-new-co2-emissions-reduction-strategy/
• Air France’s Emissions Reduction Scheme: What You Need To Know
https://simpleflying.com/air-france-emissions-reduction-scheme/
• Qatar Airways Reveals New Corporate Voluntary Carbon Offset Program
https://simpleflying.com/qatar-airways-reveals-new-corporate-voluntary-carbon-offset-program/
… from net zero 2050 “Science based target initiative”
• American Airlines Has Created Science-Based Greenhouse Gas Strategy
https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-science-based-greenhouse-gas-strategy/
