Erin Vera – Transport & Environment https://www.transportenvironment.org Campaigning for cleaner transport in Europe Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:54:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 More than a 10-hour flight for a 2-hour meeting? No, thank you. https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/more-than-a-10-hour-flight-for-a-2-hour-meeting-no-thank-you/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:54:31 +0000 https://www.transportenvironment.org/?post_type=article&p=39582 Three years after our understanding of the working life changed, the debate is now open: to fly or not fly? We see in the media a large number of surveys asking companies whether they plan to fly for work again. And it is a legitimate question, given that the change in behavior has been such that business travel has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, the Travel Smart’s Emissions Tracker...

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]]> Was your flight to COP really necessary? https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/was-your-flight-to-cop-really-necessary/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 23:01:38 +0000 https://www.transportenvironment.org/?post_type=article&p=33736 Uncontrolled levels of business flying is a climate absurdity. Our analysis shows that the best way to keep aviation emissions within the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree target is a 50% reduction in business travel in the current critical decade. Yet the contradiction between the science and the attitudes of some businesses leaves many observers wondering if we will ever solve the climate crisis.

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