Aviation
Aviation vs climate as UK airport review released
NEWS: Contentious verdict on London airport expansion shackles UK to overshoot future CO2 targets
Planes choking people and planet, says US environment agency
NEWS: US green regulator takes measures to tackle billowing emissions from aviation industry on public health grounds
Airlines face call to help world’s poorest in climate fight
NEWS: Imminent report from French government to suggest emissions from aviation growth should face financial penalties
Green skies for aviation industry behind schedule
NEWS: Deadline to set up offset mechanism at UN’s aviation body meet in 2016 will be missed, delaying action on climate
Should climate scientists slash air miles to set an example?
NEWS: Academics have responsibility to lower their carbon footprint by choosing transport options more carefully, says Tyndall Centre
Is there any way to slow aviation’s soaring emissions?
ANALYSIS: Emissions from planes are a major clause of climate change, yet they remain unregulated. What can be done?
Planes and ships escape scrutiny in bottom-up climate regime
ANALYSIS: International aviation and shipping are not mentioned in the Lima call for climate action, despite growing emissions
Rise in air travel likely to overpower carbon cuts
NEWS: Ticket prices need to soar 100 times the amount of current valuations to drive down demand for flights
Solar plane set for fuel-free round the world trip
NEWS: The solar plane that will fly across the world powered by sunlight has been unveiled by creators in Switzerland
EU ‘bullied’ into diluting aviation emissions trading scheme
NEWS: Observers say fierce lobbying from non-EU countries and industry forced Parliament to back weakened deal
MEPs block moves to exempt long-haul flights from trading scheme
Tight vote in the Environment Committee on aviation emissions saw EU stand up to international bullies, say MEPs
EU proposes more time for long-haul airlines to cut CO2
EU negotiators agree tentative deal that stops the clock longer on emissions trading for intercontinental flights
Boeing hails green diesel ‘breakthrough’ for aviation industry
Fuel made from vegetable oils and fats could offer low carbon answer to rising airline pollution levels
Aviation industry set to expand 5% per year
“Insatiable” desire for travel bad news for climate change as airline passenger numbers grow faster than fuel efficiency improvements
WWF say extra Heathrow runway would ‘wreck UK climate targets’
WWF warns airport expansion is incompatible with UK’s legally binding target of 80% reduction in emissions by 2050
FIFA to ‘offset’ Brazil World Cup emissions
Thursday’s top 5 – FIFA to offset the 2.72 million tonnes of CO2, pilots told to learn to land in smog, coal emissions cause quarter of a million deaths in China
Flights in EU airspace could face new carbon levy from 2014
European Commission statement this morning confirmed it plans to revise the EU ETS to ensure all flights in “European regional airspace” participate
UN aviation emissions deal strikes harsh blow to EU trading scheme
UN deal sets emissions reduction scheme in motion, but EU trading scheme crushed in series of vitriolic negotiations
Bangladeshi NGOs bribe government to release climate funds, says report
Morning summary: New research accuses Bangladeshi authorities of corruption; ICAO rejects EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme; UK nuclear power plant deal is in the offing
US govt shutdown could accelerate aviation emission agreement
Departing US diplomats offers opportunity for talks, but analysts warn current deal on table is not ambitious enough and will be a ‘hollow’ agreement