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Home News Activists in Brussels denounce “Greenwashing” and tax benefits the air transport industry benefits from
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Activists in Brussels denounce “Greenwashing” and tax benefits the air transport industry benefits from

by editor November 27, 2018
November 27, 2018

In preparation for COP 24, the conference on global warming that will take place in Katowice (Poland) from December 3rd to 14th, activists of #ActForClimateJustice have symbolically represented, with their bodies painted in red, the line of 1.5 ° C of global warming not to be exceeded. Their goal was to show employees of the International Air Transport Association (I.A.T.A.) that they passed over that red line on their way to their offices.

They denounced the “Greenwashing” conducted by air transport and the tax benefits it enjoys. Greenwashing refers to the marketing processes used to create a responsible ecological image.

“Greenhouse gas emissions from the airline sector have doubled since 1990 and will triple again by 2030 if nothing changes. We can no longer stay calmly at home while I.A.T.A. and other aviation lobbies steal our future with greenwashing. It is incomprehensible that, in the midst of the climate crisis, a train ticket costs twice as much as a plane ticket,” said one participant.

 

 

The activists recalled that since the Chicago Convention in 1944, aircraft kerosene is exempt from all taxes for international flights, which explains the attractive prices of air transport. For them, it is imperative to limit emissions to their source by reducing air traffic.

The latter “must be transferred to other means of transport, which will only be possible by integrating air traffic emissions into the climate agreements and by better taxing air transport to a minimum, eliminating distortions of competition,” the activists said.

 

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Three years ago today 400 000 people took the streets of New York and marched for Climate Justice. Two years ago governments met in Paris and signed an agreement, yet, very little has been done, and indigenous peoples and climate defenders all over the world are still being persecuted and left outside climate negotiations. Today we are seeing flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes and big fires as a result of many years of fossil fuel consumption that increases every day. We need to act and stop the extraction of fossil fuels and make sure companies such as China, Chevron, Exxon, Shell and many more clean up their mess! ••• Hoy hace tres años 400 000 personas tomaron las calles de Nueva York y marchamos por Justicia Climatica. Hace dos años los gobiernos se reunieron en París y firmaron un acuerdo, sin embargo, muy poco se ha hecho y los pueblos indígenas y defensores del clima en todo el mundo siguen siendo perseguidos e ignorados en las negociaciones sobre el cambio climático. Hoy vemos inundaciones, huracanes, terremotos y grandes incendios como resultado de muchos años de consumo de combustibles fósiles que y que sigue aumentando cada día. Tenemos que actuar y parar la extracción de combustibles fósiles y responsabilizar a empresas como China, Chevron, Exxon, Shell y muchos más!! @amazonleo @amazonwatch @justagirlw @leonardodicaprio photo cred: @carobennett #actforclimatejustice #climatechangeisreal #keepitintheground #indigenouspeopleonthefrontlines #nomoreexcuses #livingforest #yasuni

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