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Airlines must reduce emissions (= reduce flights), not use offsets to greenwash their polluting business! 🔽✈️
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/05/reducing-emissions-should-be-airlines-first-priority-not-buying-carbon-offsets

From a systemic point of view, #offsets are even worse than doing nothing!

They contribute to preventing and delaying systemic change. But we need such change to reduce carbon pollution as rapidly as possible and to make a livable future possible!
https://stay-grounded.org/emissions-offsetting-a-modern-sale-of-indulgences/

This is not the first research to show that carbon #offsets do not work.
A 2016 study by @oekoinstitut@twitter.com for the EU Commission found that 85% of Clean Development Mechanism offset projects have a low probability of actually reducing emissions.
▶️https://stay-grounded.org/get-information/#offsetting

❗️ New investigation by @UE@twitter.com and @guardian@twitter.com shows: carbon #offsets used by major airlines are based on a highly flawed system!

We need to protect forests AND fly less. 🌳🔽✈️
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/04/carbon-offsets-used-by-major-airlines-based-on-flawed-system-warn-experts

Oh, what a surprise! Another carbon #offsetting programme that doesn't work. 🙄🥱
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/29/1017811/california-climate-policy-carbon-credits-cause-co2-pollution/

Meet a new company that specialises in grounded holidays. 🚞🚲⛵️
https://www.treehugger.com/slow-travel-company-specializes-flight-free-holidays-5181514

"This is an absolute record in the group's history"

Quotes from an airline CEO you don't want to read during a pandemic and climate crisis. 🦠🔥✈️

Frequent flier tax will be needed to hit climate targets, says leading scientist.
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/uk-climate-change-frequent-flier-tax-cop26-targets-972634

Frequent flier tax will be needed to hit climate targets, warns leading scientist
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/uk-climate-change-frequent-flier-tax-cop26-targets-972634

BURPING NEWS! You can now compensate #BullshitFlights with literal #BullshitOffsets! 🐮
#Mootral offsets from a Swiss company that claims to reduce methane emissions from cows with its feed are now eligible for the global #aviation climate scheme #CORSIA.
https://www.mootral.com/news/cowcredits-now-eligible-under-corsia/

😃 Nice map of the existing and planned #NightTrain lines in Europe by @boell_eu@twitter.com. 🌗🚆
https://eu.boell.org/en/night-trains

Tomorrow! 🔽🔽🔽
https://stay-grounded.org/events/webinar-safe-landing/

We envision most of today's airports in the future with no planes taking off from them. Buildings and spaces could serve other useful purposes.

But this article by @papa_enrica@twitter.com and Luis Delgado is a good start for reimagining them.
https://theconversation.com/short-haul-flight-ban-is-a-good-start-now-we-need-to-reimagine-the-modern-airport-159010

Webinar: Safe Landing: Organising a #JustTransition with #Aviation Workers
🗓 Friday, April 30

Due to the climate crisis, aviation & mass tourism need to be limited. How could a transition process including job shifts be organised?

Info and registration: https://stay-grounded.org/events/webinar-safe-landing/

Let's quit flying together! 🛫✋

To reduce air traffic and change the economic system of which it is an integral part requires political and individual change!

Let's stay grounded in 2021 and beyond: https://stay-grounded.org/lets-stay-grounded/

There are climate-friendly alternatives to air traffic – so let's demand a #JustTransitionOfAviation! ✈️▶️🚆

Read our #JustTransition discussion paper on how to transform aviation and related industries in a fair and sustainable way: https://stay-grounded.org/just-transition/

Dear world leaders, international #aviation feels left out and wants to be included in your NDCs. 😢✈️ (Shipping too.)
https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/greta-thunberg-earth-day-essay