Climate emergency
• Climate crisis is greatest threat to Australia’s future and security, former defence leaders warn
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/23/climate-crisis-is-greatest-threat-to-australias-future-and-security-former-defence-leaders-warn
• Existential risk management
https://genn.cc/blog/david-spratt-existential-risk-management/
• Extreme heat already disrupts air travel: With climate change, it’s going to get worse
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/03/27/global-warming-heat-air-travel-disruptions/9455981002/
Ongoing emissions from
… demand growth
• Transport is letting Australia down in the race to cut emissions
https://theconversation.com/amp/transport-is-letting-australia-down-in-the-race-to-cut-emissions-131905
GHOST FLIGHTS
• Ghost flights from UK running at 500 a month, data reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/31/ghost-flights-from-uk-running-at-500-a-month-data-reveals
… fuels greenwash
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.
• Dodgy credits and dirty hydrogen
https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/hydrogen_fraud
‘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.
• Placing sustainability at the core of future airport growth
https://www.internationalairportreview.com/article/174983/placing-sustainability-at-the-core-of-future-airport-growth/
BIOFUEL SOOT
• Decreased aviation leads to increased ice crystal number and a positive radiative effect in cirrus clouds
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2021AV000546
BLOCKING PROTEST
• Airport disruptions caused by activism
https://aci.aero/2022/03/14/airport-disruptions-caused-by-activism/
Stopping emissions by
… travel alternatives
RAIL
• Study shows CO2 reduction of shifting short-haul flights to rail are limited
https://www.internationalairportreview.com/news/175485/co2-reduction-of-short-haul-flights-to-rail-are-limited/
• Planes, trains and the climate crisis – why New Zealand shouldn’t be closing its railways
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2022/mar/28/planes-trains-and-the-climate-crisis-why-new-zealand-shouldnt-be-closing-its-railways
• Why the train may not be the greenest way to travel across Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-green-travel-train-1.6396327
… demand reduction
BEHAVIOUR CHNAGE
• Flying in 2050: What aviation in a constrained world?
https://theshiftproject.org/en/article/flying-in-2050-what-aviation-in-a-constrained-world-summary/
• Why “flying less” offers the best path to sustainable aviation
https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/2050roadmap/
• Climate action 100+ warns that the aviation industry must take urgent action to keep 1.5°C within reach
https://www.climateaction100.org/news/climate-action-100-warns-that-the-aviation-industry-must-take-urgent-action-to-keep-1-5c-within-reach/
• Managing New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions from aviation
https://planetaryecology859820530.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/avreview.pdf
TRAVEL POLICY REFORM
• Reducing the climate impact associated with air travel: Shifting perspectives within and beyond Academia
https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/519412/DissertationAgnesS.Kreil.pdf
DECARBONISING AVIATION
• Decarbonising air transport: acting now for the future
https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/decarbonising-air-transport-future.pdf
REGULATION
• U.S. to require airlines to disclose greenhouse gas emissions
https://airlineweekly.com/2022/03/u-s-to-require-airlines-to-disclose-greenhouse-gas-emissions/
FISCAL MEASURES
• Impacts of carbon pricing on the UK aviation sector
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impacts-of-carbon-pricing-on-the-uk-aviation-sector
… protesting
AIRPORT EXPANSION
• Farmers protest move to acquire 700 acres for expansion of Surat airport
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/surat/farmers-protest-move-to-acquire-700-acres-for-expansion-of-surat-airport-7795447/
• Climate change concerns prompt court to block Vienna Airport expansion
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15022017/climate-change-vienna-airport-paris-climate-agreement-james-hansen/
• Leeds Bradford Airport scraps plans for new £150m terminal
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-60691001
• Minister rejects nitrogen calculation at Lelystad Airport and Schiphol
https://pledgetimes.com/minister-rejects-nitrogen-calculation-at-lelystad-airport-and-schiphol/
• Calls for expert panel to study noise impacts of proposed third runway at Melbourne airport
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/16/calls-for-expert-panel-to-study-noise-impacts-of-proposed-third-runway-at-melbourne-airport
• Melbourne residents call for independent review into third runway
https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/03/melbourne-residents-call-for-independent-review-into-third-runway
ALLIANCE BUILDING
• A guide to engaging aviation workers and trade unions
https://www.greenhousethinktank.org/a-guide-to-engaging-aviation-workers/
