Tag: climate

  • At COP time, calling for action on aviation

    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…

  • Messages From Above

    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%…

  • Campaigners call out Dublin aviation “Sustainability” event as irresponsible greenwashing

    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…