Ongoing emissions from
… greenwashing
‘SUSTAINABLE’ AVIATION FUELS
Biofuels create CO2 emissions, non-CO2 and contrails
• Qantas to use Sustainable Aviation Fuel on London flights
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-sustainable-aviation-fuel/
• British Airways to start using sustainable jet fuel next year
https://www.ecowatch.com/british-airways-sustainable-jet-fuel-2655930000.html
• Sustainable Aviation Fuel aces helicopter and plane flight tests
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sustainable-aviation-fuel-aces-helicopter-and-plane-flight-tests/#
• British Airways looks to recycled cooking oil fuel to cut jet emissions
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/02/british-airways-looks-to-recycled-cooking-oil-fuel-to-cut-jet-emissions
• United Airlines flies historic passenger flight with 100% sustainable fuel
https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/united-airlines-first-full-passenger-flight-sustainable-fuel
• Concept aircraft boasting zero emissions flight unveiled
https://greekreporter.com/2021/12/10/zero-emissions-flight/
• Companies in race to develop sustainable jet fuel in face of climate crisis
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sustainable-aviation-jet-fuel-aviation-1.6277827
HYDROGEN
Hydrogen fuel, even if manufactured with renewable electricity, creates non-CO2 emissions and contrails
• United Airlines to buy as many as 100 hydrogen-powered engines from ZeroAvia
https://www.flyingmag.com/zeroavia-raises-35-million-in-new-funding/?fbclid=IwAR0WHPp-kILgg1bWIFedIUC3pu6bvAvEZSEvoGjHdsS8Y5lMaGScRcJ9fnE
• Hydrogen plan for zero carbon plane developed by Cranfield-based organisation
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-59548782
REGULATION
• Proposed rule for control of air pollution from aircraft engines; emission standards and test procedures
https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/proposed-rule-control-air-pollution-aircraft-engines
OFFESTTING
• Qantas frequent flyers to be rewarded for being sustainable
https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-frequent-flyers-to-be-rewarded-for-being-sustainable/
• Funds for green aviation, shipping fuel spark logging fears
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/funds-for-green-aviation-shipping-fuel-spark-logging-fears-20211118-p59a37.html
• Cleanup cost of Heathrow third runway doubles to £100bn, MPs told
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/22/cleanup-cost-of-heathrow-third-runway-doubles-to-100bn-mps-told
SPACE TRAVEL
• One space trip emits a lifetime’s worth of carbon footprint
https://futurism.com/space-trip-lifetime-carbon/amp?fbclid=IwAR2GBXpJTT5b10Ve5KF_MPjmVmLOdyrJvLhWmQOGgNDbntmr0kdK1SW1c7E
…demand growth
AIRPORT EXPANSION
• US spending on airport expansion flies under the radar for climate activists
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/12/06/us-spending-airport-expansion-flies-radar-climate-activists/
• Incoming president and CEO of London International maintains they’re the ‘easy and friendly airport’
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/incoming-president-and-ceo-of-london-international-maintains-they-re-the-easy-and-friendly-airport-1.6277196
POST COVID
• Airline industry set to soar in 2022
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/airline-industry-set-soar-2022/
• Airline insights review
https://resources.cirium.com/cirium-airline-insights-review-2021
… subsidies
FUEL EXCISE CONCESSIONS
• Federal Budget: Infrastructure and the environment
https://canberraweekly.com.au/federal-budget-infrastructure-and-the-environment/?fbclid=IwAR3H-_1xyk4o4xnLGc0TK3oHKkrs9W1wMJi0Mo5NasdHZmJXtAc9cgynORA
… net zero 2050
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
• Blue-sky thinking: net-zero aviation is more than a flight of fantasy
https://theconversation.com/blue-sky-thinking-net-zero-aviation-is-more-than-a-flight-of-fantasy-171940
• As climate ‘net-zero’ plans grow, so do concerns from scientists
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-climate-net-zero-scientists.html
• Reducing air travel by small amounts each year could level off the climate impact
https://theconversation.com/reducing-air-travel-by-small-amounts-each-year-could-level-off-the-climate-impact-171184
Stopping emissions by
… demand reduction
FISCAL MEASURES
• Carbon taxes on jet fuel will increase air fares but cut emissions, says ESRI
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/carbon-taxes-on-jet-fuel-will-increase-air-fares-but-cut-emissions-says-esri-1.4757029
• How can air travel contribute to the costs of adapting to climate change?
https://pubs.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/16504IIED.pdf
• The richest 10% produce about half of greenhouse gas emissions. They should pay to fix the climate
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/07/we-cant-address-the-climate-crisis-unless-we-also-take-on-global-inequality
COVID-19
• Christmas travel chaos as airlines cancel more than 3,000 flights
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/24/christmas-eve-travel-chaos-as-airlines-cancel-more-than-2000-flights
… tech solutions
BATTERY POWER
Electric: (renewable electricity demand) (short haul so trains)
• Electric airplanes are starting to take off in Australia
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/12/13/electric-airplanes-to-start-taking-off-in-australia/?utm_content=190857618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-332593866775047&fbclid=IwAR0jkn7-BqmaT6GhoT4osUb5aAdTLIeTn7sA32AOPJcPq9qQClsw7t99pNs
… protest
AIRPORT EXPANSION
• Climate lawyer loses supreme court appeal over Heathrow leak
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/20/climate-lawyer-loses-supreme-court-appeal-over-heathrow-leak
• A Green New Deal for Leeds City Region
https://www.galba.uk/green-new-deal
Measuring emissions
• Quantifying aviation’s contribution to global warming
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac286e/pdf
COMPARING FOOTPRINTS
• Convenience, comfort, cost and carbon: what’s the best way to travel, save money and cut emissions?
https://theconversation.com/convenience-comfort-cost-and-carbon-whats-the-best-way-to-travel-save-money-and-cut-emissions-165526
Climate emergency context
• That’s how fast the carbon clock is ticking
https://www.mcc-berlin.net/fileadmin/data/clock/carbon_clock.htm?fbclid=IwAR3py7i4W1nIF8g41iIGSfubPcmjcgqRrYgJdNBVpwgiKF2a_kRBIjxFUUw
https://www.mcc-berlin.net/en/research/co2-budget.html
EXISTENTIALLY NECESSARY V POLITICALLY POSSIBLE
• Politicians are failing us on climate change. They must do this instead
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2021/12/13/climate-change-prepare-alan-kohler/?fbclid=IwAR09afXioY683JQmStxD0FmK7e9cu0gNMJwHDQKROt6T5RlRic7OR3POscc
