Ongoing emissions from
… delusional pathways
NET ZERO 2050
Net zero emissions by 2050 allows ongoing emissions and subtracts from them carbon drawdown needed to cool an already dangerously hot planet
• Avinor’s climate goals approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
https://www.airport-suppliers.com/airport_press_release/avinors-climate-goals-approved-by-the-science-based-targets-initiative-sbti/
• Why Airlines Are Sounding Alarm On Carbon Net-Zero Transition Costs
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airlines-lessors/why-airlines-are-sounding-alarm-carbon-net-zero-transition-costs
OFFSETTING
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. When the planet is already dangerously hot, offsets steal carbon drawdown needed to cool the planet to excuse further emissions.
• What is Article 6 and why is it controversial? Campaigners react to adoption of carbon credit rules
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/11/12/what-is-article-6-and-why-is-it-controversial-campaigners-react-to-adoption-of-carbon-cred
• CORSIA Credits Soaring Costs: How They Are Reshaping Aviation’s Future
https://carboncredits.com/corsia-credits-soaring-costs-how-they-are-reshaping-aviations-future/
… growth in flights
FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAMS
• Unraveling the Frequent Flyer Programme: A Tale of Climate Injustice and Economic Inequality
https://stay-grounded.org/frequent-flyer-programmes-are-destroying-our-planet/
PRIVATE JETS
• Over 1,000 Private Jet Users Speak In New, Just-Released Consumer Research
https://energy.einnews.com/pr_news/762010757/over-1-000-private-jet-users-speak-in-new-just-released-consumer-research
• Private jet use jumps – and so do emissions (even to a climate summit)
https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/private-jet-use-jumps-and-so-do-emissions-even-to-a-climate-summit-20241106-p5ko9s
• Private jets are increasingly replacing car trips—for the ultra-wealthy
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/private-jet-flights-climate-change
• Private aviation emissions soar by 46% from 2019 to 2023
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-private-aviation-emissions-soar.html
• Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455196-carbon-emissions-from-private-jets-have-exploded-in-recent-years/
• Private jets ‘used like taxis’ are making huge contribution to climate change
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/private-jets-climate-change-carbon-emissions-b2643720.html
• Private jet carbon emission up by 46%, flyers emit 500x more than others, study estimates
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/private-jet-carbon-emission-up-by-46-flyers-emit-500x-more-than-others-study-estimates/articleshow/115086181.cms
• Emissions from private jets are soaring
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03687-6
• Flying private a global disaster
https://www.financialexpress.com/business/airlines-aviation-flying-private-a-global-disaster-3675335/#google_vignette
… 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.
• Reducing Aviation Emissions
https://www.resources.org/on-the-issues/on-the-issues-reducing-aviation-emissions-future-of-environmental-justice-and-more/
• Delta: SAF and Aircraft Adjustments for Sustainability
https://sustainabilitymag.com/articles/delta-saf-and-aircraft-adjustments-for-sustainability
• The UK Government’s mandate on sustainable aviation fuel and implications to the industry
https://kennedyslaw.com/en/thought-leadership/article/2024/the-uk-government-s-mandate-on-sustainable-aviation-fuel-and-implications-to-the-industry/
• Sustainable Aviation: How Helicopters Are Going Green
https://www.helicopterexpress.com/blog/sustainable-aviation-how-helicopters-are-going-green
• Scaling Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Long-Term Climate Impact
https://environmentenergyleader.com/stories/scaling-sustainable-aviation-fuel-for-long-term-climate-impact,58163
• Jetting ahead: Fresh insights propel sustainable aviation
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2024/November/SAF-State-of-Play-Report
• How Boeing and NASA Propel Sustainable Aviation Forward
https://energydigital.com/sustainability/the-future-of-flight-with-nasa-boeing-and-pratt-whitney
• Etihad Airways publishes its 2023 environment report
https://travelradar.aero/etihad-airways-publishes-its-2023-environment-report/
• Revolutionizing sustainable aviation the future of eco-friendly flying
https://www.radardovalemg.com/59/revolutionizing-sustainable-aviation-the-future-of-eco-friendly-flying/1783/
… non-CO2 emissions
CONTRAILS
• Aviation: Reduce contrail warming for less than €4 per flight ticket – new study
https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/aviation-reduce-contrail-warming-for-less-than-eur4-per-flight-new-study
• Contrail avoidance: aviation’s climate opportunity of the decade
https://www.transportenvironment.org/uploads/files/Contrails-Briefing.pdf
… marketing greenwash
FLIGHT EMISSIONS
• Exposing the layers of aviation industry greenwash
https://johnmenadue.com/exposing-the-layers-of-aviation-industry-greenwash/
• Exposing the layers of aviation industry greenwash
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024/11/25/aviation-industry-greenwash
Measuring emissions
• Innovation Awards finalist: Pace – a platform to measure airline carbon emissions, from fleet to seat
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/2024/11/07/innovation-awards-finalist-pace-a-tool-to-measure-airline-carbon-emissions-from-fleet-to-seat/
• Lowest emission flights
https://climateactionaccelerator.org/solutions/lowest-emission-flights/
Reducing emissions
… by demand reduction
• Air travel reduction
https://climateactionaccelerator.org/solutions/air-travel-reduction/
CLIMATE INDUCED FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS
• New report: extreme weather events cost economy $2 trillion over the last decade
https://iccwbo.org/news-publications/policies-reports/new-report-extreme-weather-events-cost-economy-2-trillion-over-the-last-decade/
• Climate-linked disasters fuel rising costs at US airlines
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/santa-fe-new-mexican/20241110/282260965985208
… with alternative fuels
HYDROGEN
• Fueling greener aviation with hydrogen
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241101123655.htm
• How feasible is hydrogen-fuelled aviation?
https://www.dpaonthenet.net/article/210240/How-feasible-is-hydrogen-fuelled-aviation-.aspx
ELECTRIC FLIGHT
• NASA Funds New Studies Looking at Future of Sustainable Aircraft
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/armd/nasa-funds-new-studies-looking-at-future-of-sustainable-aircraft/
… marginally by
FLIGHT EFFICIENCY
• Sydney to London flight emissions can be halved depending on route, plane and seating
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/16/route-of-the-matter-your-flights-itinerary-can-dramatically-change-its-carbon-footprint
FISCAL MEASURES
• Flight risk: Europe’s (tax) squeeze on aviation threatens competitiveness
https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/flight-risk-europes-squeeze-on-aviation-threatens-competitiveness/
… alternate travel modes
RAIL
• Drilling for Sydney to Newcastle high-speed rail begins but Labor accused of uncosted ‘fantasy project’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/06/drilling-for-sydney-to-newcastle-high-speed-rail-begins-but-labor-accused-of-uncosted-fantasy-project
• Australia’s high-speed rail dream is doomed if stations are built in wrong place, ex-MP says
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/13/australias-high-speed-rail-dream-is-doomed-if-stations-are-built-in-wrong-place-ex-mp-says
The climate emergency
• Collision course
https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/_files/ugd/148cb0_085aaeb2f1a1481789014b8e895ad23b.pdf
• Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-to-blame-for-dozens-of-impossible-heatwaves-studies-reveal
• Addressing climate change
https://essentialreport.com.au/questions/addressing-climate-change-6
• Environment: The future of humanity hangs in the balance
https://johnmenadue.com/environment-the-future-of-humanity-hangs-in-the-balance/
