Opinion / #aviation
Carbon & Climate
Taylor Swift and the top polluters department
The pop superstar claims she can offset the immense carbon footprint of her private jet but the only way for the superrich to reduce their climate impact is to fly less and choose more sustainable forms of transport.
Transport is one of the world's biggest polluters, but on the path to net zero, aviation is reinventing itself, potentially building a new kind of jet age.
Transport
The debacle around ‘ghost flights’
Airlines such as Lufthansa and Ryanair are clashing over the European Union's airport slot rules. Are "ghost flights" a thing, or are the carriers just stoking climate fear?
Carbon & Climate
Greening the hardest sectors
Unless meaningful action is taken to decarbonise traditional hard-to-abate sectors like steel and commercial aviation, we will have little chance of keeping global temperatures at a safe level.
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Building back fairer and greener
18 September 2020
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Not enough climate action in stimulus plans
18 June 2020
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Policy & Finance
The planet after the pandemic
15 January 2020
23 May 2019
18 March 2019
Carbon & Climate
If you are flying, you should be buying carbon offsets
12 March 2019
17 January 2019
Carbon & Climate
As the oceans rise, so do your risks of breast cancer
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How a moral philosopher justifies his carbon footprint
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