These include IATA’s plan to at least double the number of global air passengers by 2050, significantly increasing the size of the industry, just as its climate impact needs to be mitigated.
The program focuses on trying “Decarbonization” aviation, but it completely ignores the non-carbon dioxide (CO2) climate impact.Scientists agree that these other such effects are roughly equivalent to carbon dioxide2 impact, twice as large as carbon emissions. Ignoring these means that IATA turns a blind eye to half of the problem.
Even more troubling, under the plan, over the next decade — a time when climate impact reduction is critical — both emissions and non-CO22 The impact will actually increase, only to be “offset” by mechanisms that have marginal effects at best, and at worst could make things worse with a lax biofuel regulatory system.
From 2035 to 2050, the plan envisages a shift to biofuels, which would require three times the current global production of all liquid biofuels for aviation fuel alone.
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Such development would require vast amounts of land, endanger global biodiversity, put pressure on food production for human consumption, and increase the risk of land grabbing for biofuel production.
Even if the plan succeeds in its own way, it will enable aviation to cause as much climate damage in 2050 as it does today, while taking a huge and larger share of this century’s shrinking global carbon budget.
To remedy the situation, the New Meteorological Institute called on the International Air Transport Association and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to draft, adopt and implement a truly Paris Agreement-compliant resolution on industry-wide climate action, committing zero carbon monoxide2Emissions by 2050, including non-CO2-Effect.
It would also like to see an inquiry into the size of the aviation industry under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – allowing non-CO2 Effectiveness – will be consistent with the 1.5°C target, with practical short-term action in the first decade, creating a credible pathway beyond 2030.
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Under such circumstances, governments should take immediate action to restrict the development of the aviation industry through domestic, joint or unilateral measures, including prohibiting further expansion of the industry.
IATA’s plan is also a form of “greenwashing” to try to show the industry is acting responsibly about the climate emergency, while they are doing the opposite.
Despite huge loopholes and a lack of sound science, IATA is currently promoting its “Net Zero Flight” plan on its website, claiming that the pledge is focused on achieving “Net Zero” by 2050, making global aviation “in line with the Paris Agreement will be Global warming is limited to 1.5°C.”
The New Meteorological Institute considers these claims unsubstantiated.We believe that this makes IATA violate Advertising and Marketing Communications Code International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), therefore, the Institute has submitted complaint Working with a (Swedish) regulator (Reklamombudsmannen) whose remit is broad enough to hold IATA accountable.
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Andrew Simms is New Meteorological Institutecoordinator Rapid Transition Coalition, author of several books on the New Economy and the Green Economy, and co-author of the original Green New Deal.he is on twitter @AndrewSimms_uk.
Gunnar Lind is the co-founder of New Weather Sweden and a special advisor to Isabella Lövin, Sweden’s former Minister of Environment and Climate, where he is based in Sweden until February 2021.
