Tag: aviation
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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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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 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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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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