Members of the Tembé nation were shot in Tomé-Açu on Monday August 7th 2023. Indigenous communities and quilombolas demand recognition of traditional territories in a dispute with the Brazil Biofuels group (BBF), a producer of palm oil that wants to sell biofuels to...
Escrito por Eric Lombard Mientras el sector de la aviación y los gobiernos prometen una nueva era de combustibles de aviación “sostenibles” (SAF - “sustainable” aviation fuels), sabemos que, en cualquier caso, esto desviará recursos muy necesarios de otros sectores y...
Publicado originalmente en neerlandés por nuestre miembre SchipholWatch, el 3 de abril de 2023. La batalla de años y años contra las molestias provocadas por Schiphol empieza a dar sus frutos. El aeropuerto de Schiphol cerrará por la noche. Esto es lo que Ruud Sondag,...
Justicia Climática Aviación Formación en comunicación para activistas ¿Quieres implicarte en campañas sobre justicia climática y aviación como forma de promover un sistema de movilidad más justo y sostenible? ¿Te gustaría formar parte de una red mundial de activistas...
Military emissions have evaded critical United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) review for decades and continue to be exempted from international climate obligations in practice. The carbon footprint of the Pentagon from fuel usage alone is...
Greenwashing is the corporate practice of making diverting sustainability claims to cover up a questionable environmental record. While there‘s a long record of oil companies misleading the public, it is now time to shed a light on the airline and airport industry‘s...
Let’s end them: Here’s why Opposition to air travel is growing rapidly due to its climate and public health impacts. Frequent flyer programmes (FFPs) – the most successful marketing scheme of all time[1] – have contributed to the airline industry’s growth and the...
Offsetting emissions from flights is a popular measure amongst organisations trying to implement more sustainable travel policies. However, offsets generally means no real change in behaviours and policies, and is virtually useless in terms of emissions reductions....
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the use of electricity as a source of energy for aircraft. Is 'sustainable flying' within reach? An expert from the aviation industry explains.In order to answer this question, we first have to discuss the energy...
France: 67 mayors, among them the current mayor of Paris, officially oppose the Roissy CDG airport expansion in an open letter to E. Macron. On Thursday 16th, a group of mayors representing more than sixty cities surrounding Paris gave a press conference on the topic...
