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At COP time, calling for action on aviation
Highlighting need to reduce flights as part of climate demo Children’s Rights Over Flights campaigners were out marching as part of the climate demonstration in Dublin on Saturday 15th Nov, with hundreds of others. We sent a clear message, during COP, that we need to reduce flights, and that all sectors, including aviation, need to
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CROF appalled to hear that Minister O’Brien attempting to remove Dublin Airport cap
As a group advocating for the rights of children, we are appalled to hear that Minister Darragh O’Brien is attempting to force through the removal of the passenger cap at Dublin airport. It is truly shocking that a minister tasked with tackling the climate crisis, and the avoidable harms it’s wreaking on our children’s future,
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Messages From Above
Michael O’Leary recently informed us that carbon emissions (GHG’s) from aviation worldwide make up just 2.5% of the world’s total. He did not mention, however, that flying happens to be one of our most carbon-intensive activities. The reason it makes up such a small proportion of the worlds’ carbon emissions is that only around 10%
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CAMPAIGNERS CALL FOR END TO AVIATION GREENWASHING AFTER WATCHDOG RULES DAA AD ‘MISLEADING’
Children’s Rights Over Flights campaign group welcomes decision that requires greater transparency on claims about airport pollution 23rd July, Dublin – Parents, grandparents and other supporters of the Children’s Rights Over Flights (CROF) campaign welcomed the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) decision to uphold complaints about sustainability claims made in a Dublin Aviation Authority (DAA) advertisement. The
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Calling for the European ETS scheme to impose stricter limits on aviation emissions
The European Union are conducting a consultation on the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). This is a mechanism for limiting total emissions by requiring emitters to have “allowances” or permits to emit greenhouse gases. Emitters can acquire allowances by being allocated allowances or purchasing allowances, and the total amount of allowances issued is capped, thereby
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Campaigners call out Dublin aviation “Sustainability” event as irresponsible greenwashing
Wednesday, 4th June, Dublin – A Chapter Zero Ireland event this Friday, 6th June titled “Cleared for Clarity: Rethinking Aviation, Transport, and Sustainability”, is being called out by the Children’s Rights Over Flights (CROF) campaign as an exercise in greenwashing and blatant hypocrisy. The event is being co-hosted by the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and
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Aviation impacts highlighted at Mary Robinson Climate and Nature Conference
Members of Children’s Rights Over Flights were delighted to participate in the Mary Robinson Climate and Nature conference on 26th-27th May 2025 in Ballina. We engaged in lots of conversations about need for aviation to do its fair share for children’s futures. Highlights included meeting Anja Murray, presenter of Eco Eye (in photo above), and
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Call on Government Transport Strategy to address aviation climate impact
Children’s Rights Over Flights made a detailed submission to the Government’s Transport Statement of Strategy Consultation on 31st March 2025. Read the full Children’s Rights Over Flights submission. The submission assesses that the current Government Transport Statement of Strategy 2023-2025 does not adequately address the State-declared climate emergency, and fails to consider the rights and
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David and Goliath struggle playing out to stop Dublin Airport Authority expanding aviation at the expense of children’s futures
In this age of increasing climate breakdown, Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has applied to increase the cap on the number of passengers permitted to fly through Dublin Airport by a massive 25% – an expansion that would increase carbon emissions by an estimated 750,000 metric tonnes annually [i]. DAA is currently breaching the existing cap
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Campaigners call on Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) to advocate for children’s futures, not cheap flights
Children’s Rights Over Flights campaigners held a protest outside the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC), calling on ITIC to advocate for children’s futures instead of cheap flights. Aviation industry spin includes the claim that the Irish tourism industry will suffer if aviation is curbed. However, it is very likely that more money flows out of
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