Ongoing emissions from…
… emissions growth
• Environmental Impact of Aviation Worse than Expected
https://energyindustryreview.com/analysis/environmental-impact-of-aviation-worse-than-expected/
• Emissions from planes and ships: facts and figures
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20191129STO67756/emissions-from-planes-and-ships-facts-and-figures-infographic
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.
• Carbon offsetting fees offered by airlines do not equal guilt-free flying, campaigners warn
https://inews.co.uk/news/carbon-offsetting-fees-offered-by-airlines-do-not-equal-guilt-free-flying-campaigners-warn-1373182
• Jet2’s ‘sustainability’ strategy is being pushed aside in favour of profit
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/jet2s-sustainability-strategy-flight-emissions/
“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.
• Are the Nordic countries’ sustainable aviation goals realistic?
https://simpleflying.com/nordic-sustainable-aviation-goals/
• Airlines Have a Recipe To Reach Zero Emissions by 2050. The Key Ingredient: Cooking Oil
https://www.aviationpros.com/ground-handling/fuel-distributors-suppliers-manufacturers/sustainable-aviation-fuel/news/21251717/airlines-have-a-recipe-to-reach-zero-emissions-by-2050-the-key-ingredient-cooking-oil
• Animal, Vegetable Or Mineral (Oil)? Exploring the potential impacts of new renewable diesel capacity on oil and fat markets in the United States
https://theicct.org/publication/impact-renewable-diesel-us-jan22/
FALSE SOLUTIONS
• Commentary: Carbon neutrality in the aviation industry is not mission impossible
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/carbon-emissions-aviation-industry-air-travel-airplane-tourism-2393281
• FAA Implements More Efficient Descent Procedures to Reduce Fuel Burn, Emissions
https://www.aviationpros.com/airports/press-release/21253135/federal-aviation-administration-faa-faa-implements-more-efficient-descent-procedures-to-reduce-fuel-burn-emissions
• CAPA Report: Airlines With Narrow Profit Margins In Financial Jeopardy As Carbon Prices Rise
https://aviationweek.com/special-topics/sustainability/capa-report-airlines-narrow-profit-margins-financial-jeopardy-carbon
GHOST FLIGHTS
• Lufthansa Could Be Forced To Fly 18,000 Empty Planes To Keep Slots
https://t.co/BtLBtNe0AT
• Thousands of planes will fly empty in Europe just to keep their airport slots
https://www.zmescience.com/science/empty-planes-fly-europe-airport-slots-11012022/
• European carriers are flying thousands of near-empty planes this winter just to keep their airport slots
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/13/european-carriers-are-flying-near-empty-planes-this-winter-to-keep-airport-slots.html
• Airlines flying near-empty ‘ghost flights’ to retain EU airport slots
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/26/airlines-flying-near-empty-ghost-flights-to-retain-eu-airport-slots?
• Brussels airlines operates 3,000 empty flights to keep airport slots
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/brussels-airlines-empty-flights-lufthansa-b1987187.html
SUPERSONIC FLIGHT
• Review: The Effects of Supersonic Aviation on Ozone and Climate
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357881349_Review_The_Effects_of_Supersonic_Aviation_on_Ozone_and_Climate
AIRPORT EXPANSIONS
• Melbourne Airport’s plan to build a third runway will change flight paths over homes
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-31/melbourne-airport-third-runway-feedback-noise/100791828
• Melbourne Airport’s third runway to open by end of decade
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-airport-s-third-runway-to-open-by-end-of-decade-20220131-p59shn.html#comments
• Bristol Airport allowed to expand after government appeal
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-60234355
Stopping emissions by
… demand reduction
ALTERNATIVES
• Labor promises $500m to start Sydney to Newcastle fast rail
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/02/labor-promises-500m-to-start-sydney-to-newcastle-fast-rail
How you can make an impact in the fight against climate change in 2022
https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/2021/12/31/how-you-can-make-an-impact-in-the-fight-against-climate-change-in-2022/
COVID-INDUCED
• UK air travel sees huge slump in 2021 due to Covid
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59813143
• Airline insight review
https://resources.cirium.com/cirium-airline-insights-review-2021
Travel industry uses lessons from past COVID waves to deal with omicron
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/12/27/travel-industry-uses-lessons-from-past-covid-waves-to-deal-with-omicron/
FLIGHT RATIONING
Martin: A flight allowance system for Canada
https://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/opinion/comments/martin-a-flight-allowance-system-for-canada/wcm/7865476f-b946-48e3-89a6-64ed58357128
Climate emergency
• Chile rewrites its constitution, confronting climate change head-on
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/chile-rewrites-its-constitution-confronting-climate-change-head-on/
• The alliance agreement is frankly misleading about 1.5 degree target
https://dividendwealth.co.uk/the-alliance-agreement-is-frankly-misleading-about-1-5-degree-target/
