Ongoing emissions from
… aviation growth
GOVERNMENT POLICY
• Australian Aviation White Paper
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure-transport-vehicles/aviation/aviation-white-paper
INDUSTRY POLICY
• Aviation chiefs rejected measures to curb climate impact of jet vapours
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/18/aviation-chiefs-rejected-measures-to-curb-climate-impact-of-jet-vapours
• Airlines sue Dutch government over flight cuts
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64842394
DEMAND GROWTH
• Despite sky-high prices, airlines are struggling to accommodate the spring break rush
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1166114378/despite-sky-high-prices-airlines-are-struggling-to-accommodate-the-spring-break-
• UK’s top airports aim to fly 150mn more passengers a year
https://www.ft.com/content/52cdd536-103b-4db0-91c5-f1337be47baa
• A spotlight on consumption-based emissions
https://www.c40.org/news/consumption-emissions-report-spotlight/
• 85% of global companies don’t have credible plans to reduce corporate flying emissions
https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/85-of-global-companies-dont-have-credible-plans-to-reduce-corporate-flying-emissions/
• A majority of multinationals have no concrete plan to fly less, report say
https://nltimes.nl/2023/03/19/majority-multinationals-concrete-plan-fly-less-report-says
AIRMILES PROGRAMS
• Green campaigners slam ‘hilariously wrong’ Man City scheme to encourage fans to recycle used plastic bottles for air miles
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/green-campaigners-slam-hilariously-wrong-23368461.amp
… greenwashed fuels and engines
‘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.
• Alternative fuels provide the best hope to limit aviation’s global warming impact, says IPCC report
https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=4140
• Green flights not in easy reach, warn scientists
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64788106
• Turbulent times ahead for airlines and airports
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/turbulent-times-ahead-for-airlines-and-airports/news-story/257e248b820cb0deedb735c1d2c69e6f
• How SAF experimentation is fuelling change for military operators
https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/how-saf-experimentation-is-fuelling-change-for-military-operators/152500.article
• Do Any Airlines Use Sustainable Aviation Fuel?
https://www.agweb.com/news/policy/politics/do-any-airlines-use-sustainable-aviation-fuel
• Official UK report to call for green aviation fuel subsidies
https://www.ft.com/content/6c7bf312-be0a-4109-ad74-2e8aff72e0e6
BIOFUELS
• How an aquatic organism could be key to net-zero aviation
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f9qg6l/how-an-aquatic-organism-could-be-key-to-net-zero-aviation
HYDROGEN
• Germany and the EU are falling for corporate lobbyists’ hydrogen hoax
https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/03/germany-and-the-eu-are-falling-for-corporate-lobbyists-hydrogen-hoax
• Women in aviation are leading zero-emission flights
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/women-aviation-are-leading-zero-emission-flights-1713793
• Hydrogen-Powered Regional Airliner Readies For Takeoff
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2023/03/02/hydrogen-powered-regional-airliner-readies-for-takeoff/?sh=55d71089502d
… 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.
• Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3950103
• We need at least $1 trillion worth of offset to make the aviation industry carbon neutral … and not even spending that much is guaranteed to work
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/aviation-industry-net-zero/
• Why offsets are not a viable alternative to cutting emissions
https://climateanalytics.org/publications/2023/why-offsets-are-not-a-viable-alternative-to-cutting-emissions/
• Carbon removal ‘a necessity’ for aviation to reach net-zero emissions: IPCC report
https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/carbon-removal-a-necessity-for-aviation-to-reach-net-zero-emissions-ipcc-report/152566.article
… private jets
• ‘Wasteful luxury’: Private jet pollution more than doubles in Europe
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/30/wasteful-luxury-private-jet-pollution-more-than-doubles-in-europe
The climate emergency
• ‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/04/everyone-should-be-concerned-antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-lowest-levels-ever-recorded
• Climate change and Australia’s national security
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10357718.2023.2170978
• IPCC’s conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change
https://theconversation.com/ipccs-conservative-nature-masks-true-scale-of-action-needed-to-avert-catastrophic-climate-change-202287
• IPCC: a gamble on earth system failure
https://johnmenadue.com/ipcc-a-gamble-on-earth-system-and-human-civilisation-failure/
Aviation emissions own goals
• Is climate change leading to more turbulence on flights?
https://thepointsguy.com/news/turbulence-report/
Stopping emissions by
…degrowth
FLIGHT SHAMING
• ‘Flight shaming’ threat to SA tourism
https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/03/03/flight-shaming-threat-to-sa-tourism/
LEGAL CHALLENGES
• Albanian Environmentalists Challenge Vlora Airport Contract in Court
https://balkaninsight.com/2022/11/23/albanian-environmentalists-challenge-vlora-airport-contract-in-court/
• Etihad accused of misleading customers with greenwashing in ‘net zero’ ads
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/23/etihad-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-greenwashing-in-net-zero-ads
• Watchdog complaint accuses Etihad of greenwashing
https://www.cobramcourier.com.au/national/watchdog-complaint-accuses-etihad-of-greenwashing/
• Australian regulator considers greenwashing complaint against Etihad
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11890111/Australian-regulator-considers-greenwashing-complaint-against-Etihad.html
• Why this airline is being accused of misleading consumers
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/etihad-accused-of-misleading-consumers/kujf32ub3
• Etihad Airways accused of climate greenwashing in soccer ads
https://www.adnews.com.au/news/etihad-airways-accused-of-climate-greenwashing-in-soccer-ads
• Greens establish Senate inquiry into greenwashing
https://reneweconomy.com.au/greens-establish-senate-inquiry-into-greenwashing/
… protest
• Parandur airport: Residents pass resolution for the 5th time opposing project
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/parandur-airport-residents-pass-resolution-5th-time-opposing-project-174953
• Barrister disbarred after leaking Supreme Court judgement on Heathrow airport expansion
https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/barrister-who-leaked-heathrow-expansion-ruling-disbarred
• Petition: Bring in legislation to end internal air flights in the UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/629859
• Seabed quarrying forces Cavite fishers to venture farther from shore
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/climate-and-environment/2023/02/28/2248052/seabed-quarrying-forces-cavite-fishers-venture-farther-shore
… infrastructure failure
• Pearson Airport to limit flights during peak hours ahead of March Break, summer travel season
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pearson-airport-gtaa-1.6762726
• Twenty hours on a Qantas plane: is this the future of aviation or a fresh hell in economy?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/12/twenty-hours-on-a-qantas-plane-is-this-the-future-of-aviation-or-a-fresh-hell-in-economy
… regulatory measures
FLIGHT CAPS
• Will fewer flights be available in future? Stark new report lays out reality of decarbonising travel
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/03/06/will-fewer-flights-be-available-in-future-stark-new-report-lays-out-reality-of-decarbonising
• Rising airline emissions could trigger global caps as early as 2024
https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/news/rising-airline-emissions-could-trigger-global-caps-as-early-as-2024-20230320
ADVERTISING REFORM
• Aviation must declare all emissions released by flying in adverts and competitions
https://www.change.org/p/aviation-must-declare-all-emissions-released-by-flying-in-adverts-and-competitions
… voluntary restraint
FLIGHT FREE
• I was an avid traveller, but I stopped flying 20 years ago. You can too
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/opinion-stop-flying-climate-environment-1.6792653