10 bonnes raisons de moins prendre l’avion qu’avant le Covid
La pandémie a réduit massivement le trafic aérien en 2020 : un bref répit pour le climat. Mais si nous vainquons le Covid l'an prochain, faut-il « redécoller » ? Pour nous, c'est non ! Voici pourquoi :1. Prendre l'avion est catastrophique pour notre impact sur le...
Stay Grounded In Review: 2020 – The Year That Changed Everything?
This was a difficult year for everyone. The pandemic that took us all by surprise and caused so much pain, also grounded most flights. We look back on a special, difficult year, but one that was also full of advances and successes for our network. After the...
Stay Grounded Condemns UK Supreme Court’s Go-ahead of Heathrow Expansion
UK Supreme Court ruled to overthrow decision to stop third runway // Stay Grounded condemns the Supreme Court’s decision // Airport expansion is incompatible with a climate-just future and the UK’s climate commitments London/Vienna, December 16 2020 – The UK Supreme...
Protest flour against Vienna Airport Expansion
In Austria, a coalition of local producers, citizens' initiatives and climate activists created the "3rd Runway Flour" made from organic wheat grown on the fields that Vienna International Airport wants to seal for a planned third runway. With the 3rd runway flour,...
33 ONG appellent l’UE à prendre rapidement des mesures pour réduire tous les impacts climatiques du transport aérien
Une nouvelle étude pour la Commission européenne montre clairement que l’impact climatique du transport aérien est bien pire que ce qui est dit et répété. Malgré cela, la Commission européenne ne propose pas d'action pouvant entrer en application avant 5 à 8 ans. Les...
Une étude de la Commission européenne apporte des preuves supplémentaires de l’importance de l’impact climatique du transport aérien
Une nouvelle étude de la Commission européenne montre clairement que l’impact climatique du transport aérien est bien pire que prévu. Au même moment, le secteur aérien réuni pour l'assemblée annuelle de l'IATA, réclame aux Etats une rallonge de 80 milliards de...
Staying on the Ground in India: “Slow travel is the way forward”
In this grounded story by Vivek Gilani we learn about his motivation to reduce flying and about train travel in India. Vivek is Managing Director of cBalance, a new Stay Grounded member, which creates climate action tools for industry, institutions and consumers. The...
Understanding Greenwashing and False Solutions
The aviation industry is engaged in a concerted global greenwashing campaign to divert attention from the immense climate impact of air traffic. More worryingly still, UN body for civil aviation has developed a worldwide climate mitigation plan which does not cut...
Frequent Flyer Levy: Tackling the Injustice of Flying
Air travel is the preserve of the global rich: recent research shows that less than 1% of the global population cause more than 50% of emissions from passenger air travel. Reducing this frequent flying behaviour in a relatively small number of people would produce a...