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Climate Change,

Air Travel
& You
For most people, the
decision to take a single
flight (that is longer than
10 hours), represents the
single act that will make
their greatest Co2
equivalent contribution
to climate change in
any given year.
Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the
Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 16)
Carbon Calculator
The following slide
is a screen grab
from a reputable
internet based
carbon offsetting
provider.
The environmental
footprint of a return
trip from Australia
to Europe for one
person is
equivalent 8.1
tonnes of Co2.

Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
A single return trip for
one individual flying to
Europe from Australia is
greater than the
operational foot print of
a massive
unsustainable home for
one year – a
McMansion, or driving a
large SUV 20,000 km
(over a one year
period).
The following slide is a
summary of David
Gravina’s entire
environmental footprint
for one year.
David is a passionate
environmentalist
activist; for an
Australian citizen, his
footprint is
exemplary, it is about
¼ of the Australian
national average.
Dave’s no fly footprint in 2011:

•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Vegetarian, organic/local
+ some processed food
No car
Mostly cycles
Light public transport &
taxi use
Apartment living
Minimal consumerism
Recycler

6.49
tonnes…

Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
Dave’s footprint should he also fly to
Europe in 2011:

14.59
tonnes…

Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
The climate impact of aeroplanes is not confined
to the carbon they produce – Jet planes release
several kinds of gases and particles, some of
which cool the planet, some of which heat the
planet. Overall the impact according to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a
warming effect 2.7 times that of the carbon
alone.
This is mostly a result of mixing warm and cool in
the upper troposphere – this forms condensation
trails that in turn form cirrus clouds – these cirrus
clouds trap heat in the atmosphere – especially at
night.
http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_sr/?src=/climate/ipcc/
aviation/064.htm
The most important
number to remember:

x 2.7
In this sense jet planes
are one of the most
efficient ways to use
fossil fuels to bring
about climate change
– the carbon Jet
planes’ burn has
almost 3 times the
climate warming
impact of burning
fossil fuels in a car…
Source: www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.shtml#.UJnF8IVhPq0
In Australia, the national Department of
Infrastructure and Regional Development web
site states that aviation accounts for 3.1% of
Australia’s climate change emissions.
Secretary Mike Mrdak, that department’s chief
bureaucrat concedes that this figure does not
factor in the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change established multiplier ratio
X 2.7 – hence Australia’s aviation emissions
are X 2.7 greater than official records and
statistics currently reveal.
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/aviation/environmental/emissions/inde
x.aspx
A copy of Mr Mrdak’s letter is posted on the Infrequent Flyer web site.
In 2011 Australian passenger numbers
grew by 11%. Globally growth has been
approximately 5% for decades.

Based on current trends, by 2030 the
aviation industry will be the planet’s
biggest single climate change
contributor.

Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
Heat. 2006. George Monbiot. Penguin Group. Page 171
The fifth busiest air
corridor in the world
is Sydney to
Melbourne -

9,371,184

passenger per year
15.2 million
passengers flew
overseas from
Australia in 2013

Source:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/products/961B6B53B87
C130ACA2574030010BD05
Earth now has 3700 airport, 23,000
planes, making 30 Million flights / year
In 2013, there
were

3 billion

global passengers

Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
$6.4 trillion

of goods traveled
by air – that’s 35% of all
world trade by value.

Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
The aviation industry’s
revenues from ticket sales
and freight charges in
2011 was

$598 billion
which enabled it buy
and burn

$177 billion

worth of fuel

Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
The aviation industry is
funded by consumers
like

you.
Just 2-3 % of the global population take an
international flight every year…
A study of highly mobile travellers found
‘a very minor share of humanity accounts
for a large part of the overall kms
travelled and the consequent impacts’.
In 2006 it was estimated that, per
annum, only 2-3 % of the global
population take an international flight.

Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the
Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 18)
Purchasing airfreighted goods
like
books, clothes, fl
owers and food
dramatically
increases their
Environmental
footprints.
Air travel and air freight facilitates more
consumption of everything over a
shorter period time.
Most flying is recreational, a lot is ‘business’
and some is migration based. About 5% of
passenger travel could be described as
essential – high level political
meetings, urgent scientific research, aid
related, people mobilisations during
disasters, troop delivery for peace missions
and wars... The rest can be done over the
phone or on Skype or sent via train and
boat…
Jet planes are climate change machines
Airports are climate change factories
Should we be panicking?
No, it’s okay.
In 2008 The
International Air
Transport Association
(IATA) signed a
summit declaration
stating they will take
action on climate
change.
Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation
Green house gases
from the aviation
industry since 2008
have risen 5% each
year – Aviation is the
fastest growing
contributing sector to
global green house
gases.
IATA’s own Graph
(on the next slide)
shows a doubling of
Co2 emissions in the
next 20 years…
Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation
Fortunately the
IATA have their
best brains working
on the problem…
Mathieu Gallois Concerned citizen
What do you
think – will it fly?
This configuration
has about the
same chance of
flying as does the
IATA of meeting
it’s industry
carbon reduction
goals…
The following IATA
document is grossly
misleading.
The IATA suggests
that bio fuels will
help reduce the
impact of the
aviation industry:
Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation
Bio fuel weighs twice as much as kerosene (a fuel
used in aviation because it is light). The A380 carries
369 tonnes of fuel – imagine doubling that weight and
trying to take off…
Bio fuels, even when only small amounts are mixed
with kerosene turn to jelly and block fuel lines at high
altitudes…
To service the bio fuel needs of the airline industry –
huge amounts of the world’s cropping lands would
have to be set aside - already a Billion people go
hungry every day on the planet…
Sure there have been successful bio fuel flights – with
one out of 4 engines running on 10 % bio fuel…
Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the
Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 2-3)
A Boeing 747 100% biofuel flight from London
to Amsterdam (1.16 hours long) would use 3
million coconuts.

Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the
Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 28)
This is called:

green wash…
when corporations and
industries deceive consumers
about the environmental
impact of their industries or
products.
It is unlikely you will
hear about the
massive environmental
impact of the aviation
industry in commercial
media such as TV and
news papers.
They earn vast
advertising revenues
from the aviation
industry.
Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation
The travel section of weekend newspapers
is one big adver-torial for the airline and
tourism industry…
The master of Green Wash
Sir Richard
Branson has spent
his life profiting
from his airline
business, whilst
advocating
enviromental
issues…
Branson at his green washing best:
http://blog.nature.org/conservancy/2013/05/28/dialogues-on-the-
You might have
heard of Branson’s
latest business
venture–space
travel for the 1%… It
is an environmental
folly of gigantic
proportions. Visit the
link below and learn
about ‘black
carbon’
http://www.good.is/posts/the-final-frontier-a-new-polluting-industry-takes-flight
The off setting offered by
the airlines has very
dubious environmental
credentials.
Climate Friendly’s Gold
standard offsetting is
about 10 times more
expensive than the off
setting offered by the
major airlines.
Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
Earth simply does not
have anywhere near
that level of offsetting
ecological
reserves, to offset
everyone’s flights, let
alone essential
services like food
production, building
and electricity
generation…
The Co2 created during a flight, will stay
in the atmosphere for

100 years
during which it will act as a potent green
house gas – trapping the earth’s heat
and bringing about climate change.

Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/spm/av-en.pdf (page 13)
What impact on her future will your
carbon have?
There are no silver
bullets when it comes
to jet travel – both
George Monbiot and
Tim Flannery come to
this conclusion in their
books.
Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation
The only way to reduce the
environmental impact of air
travel is to fly less
To stabilize Co2 levels
each global citizen
Co2 per capita
allowance needs to
be around 2.4 tonnes
of Co2 / year.
Australia’s per capita
emissions are 27.1
Tonnes Co2,
the highest in OECD.
India’s per capita
emissions are 1.38
tonnes / person.

Source:
http://www.amberlinks.org/sustainableliving/what-is-a-sustainable-carbonfootprint.html
The presentation is
uncompromising
because it needs to
be–since 1990 global
Co2 emissions levels
have increased 61 %.

Global atmospheric CO2 for October 2013, 393.66ppm
50 years ago… very few people flew and
they were perfectly happy – They danced
in the streets…
There are
alternative,
cheaper
more
sustainable
forms of
transport…
Slow travel

It is about the journey…
The Infrequent Flyer team believes that
Environmentalists have to
encompass, make real, a lived
successful alternative to current
unsustainable consumer based
practices and economies. In doing
so, we can create an alternative vision
for humanity–one not of environmental
collapse and social and political
calamity, but rather a compelling
sustainable future based on sound
environmental principles.
Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation

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Infrequent Flyer Slideshow Presentation

  • 2. For most people, the decision to take a single flight (that is longer than 10 hours), represents the single act that will make their greatest Co2 equivalent contribution to climate change in any given year. Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 16)
  • 3. Carbon Calculator The following slide is a screen grab from a reputable internet based carbon offsetting provider. The environmental footprint of a return trip from Australia to Europe for one person is equivalent 8.1 tonnes of Co2. Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
  • 4. A single return trip for one individual flying to Europe from Australia is greater than the operational foot print of a massive unsustainable home for one year – a McMansion, or driving a large SUV 20,000 km (over a one year period).
  • 5. The following slide is a summary of David Gravina’s entire environmental footprint for one year. David is a passionate environmentalist activist; for an Australian citizen, his footprint is exemplary, it is about ¼ of the Australian national average.
  • 6. Dave’s no fly footprint in 2011: • • • • • • • Vegetarian, organic/local + some processed food No car Mostly cycles Light public transport & taxi use Apartment living Minimal consumerism Recycler 6.49 tonnes… Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
  • 7. Dave’s footprint should he also fly to Europe in 2011: 14.59 tonnes… Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
  • 8. The climate impact of aeroplanes is not confined to the carbon they produce – Jet planes release several kinds of gases and particles, some of which cool the planet, some of which heat the planet. Overall the impact according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a warming effect 2.7 times that of the carbon alone. This is mostly a result of mixing warm and cool in the upper troposphere – this forms condensation trails that in turn form cirrus clouds – these cirrus clouds trap heat in the atmosphere – especially at night. http://www.grida.no/publications/other/ipcc_sr/?src=/climate/ipcc/ aviation/064.htm
  • 9. The most important number to remember: x 2.7
  • 10. In this sense jet planes are one of the most efficient ways to use fossil fuels to bring about climate change – the carbon Jet planes’ burn has almost 3 times the climate warming impact of burning fossil fuels in a car… Source: www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.shtml#.UJnF8IVhPq0
  • 11. In Australia, the national Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development web site states that aviation accounts for 3.1% of Australia’s climate change emissions. Secretary Mike Mrdak, that department’s chief bureaucrat concedes that this figure does not factor in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established multiplier ratio X 2.7 – hence Australia’s aviation emissions are X 2.7 greater than official records and statistics currently reveal. http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/aviation/environmental/emissions/inde x.aspx A copy of Mr Mrdak’s letter is posted on the Infrequent Flyer web site.
  • 12. In 2011 Australian passenger numbers grew by 11%. Globally growth has been approximately 5% for decades. Based on current trends, by 2030 the aviation industry will be the planet’s biggest single climate change contributor. Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx Heat. 2006. George Monbiot. Penguin Group. Page 171
  • 13. The fifth busiest air corridor in the world is Sydney to Melbourne - 9,371,184 passenger per year
  • 14. 15.2 million passengers flew overseas from Australia in 2013 Source: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/products/961B6B53B87 C130ACA2574030010BD05
  • 15. Earth now has 3700 airport, 23,000 planes, making 30 Million flights / year
  • 16. In 2013, there were 3 billion global passengers Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
  • 17. $6.4 trillion of goods traveled by air – that’s 35% of all world trade by value. Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
  • 18. The aviation industry’s revenues from ticket sales and freight charges in 2011 was $598 billion which enabled it buy and burn $177 billion worth of fuel Source: http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx
  • 19. The aviation industry is funded by consumers like you. Just 2-3 % of the global population take an international flight every year…
  • 20. A study of highly mobile travellers found ‘a very minor share of humanity accounts for a large part of the overall kms travelled and the consequent impacts’. In 2006 it was estimated that, per annum, only 2-3 % of the global population take an international flight. Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 18)
  • 21. Purchasing airfreighted goods like books, clothes, fl owers and food dramatically increases their Environmental footprints.
  • 22. Air travel and air freight facilitates more consumption of everything over a shorter period time.
  • 23. Most flying is recreational, a lot is ‘business’ and some is migration based. About 5% of passenger travel could be described as essential – high level political meetings, urgent scientific research, aid related, people mobilisations during disasters, troop delivery for peace missions and wars... The rest can be done over the phone or on Skype or sent via train and boat…
  • 24. Jet planes are climate change machines
  • 25. Airports are climate change factories
  • 26. Should we be panicking?
  • 27. No, it’s okay. In 2008 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) signed a summit declaration stating they will take action on climate change.
  • 29. Green house gases from the aviation industry since 2008 have risen 5% each year – Aviation is the fastest growing contributing sector to global green house gases.
  • 30. IATA’s own Graph (on the next slide) shows a doubling of Co2 emissions in the next 20 years…
  • 32. Fortunately the IATA have their best brains working on the problem…
  • 34. What do you think – will it fly? This configuration has about the same chance of flying as does the IATA of meeting it’s industry carbon reduction goals…
  • 35. The following IATA document is grossly misleading. The IATA suggests that bio fuels will help reduce the impact of the aviation industry:
  • 37. Bio fuel weighs twice as much as kerosene (a fuel used in aviation because it is light). The A380 carries 369 tonnes of fuel – imagine doubling that weight and trying to take off… Bio fuels, even when only small amounts are mixed with kerosene turn to jelly and block fuel lines at high altitudes… To service the bio fuel needs of the airline industry – huge amounts of the world’s cropping lands would have to be set aside - already a Billion people go hungry every day on the planet… Sure there have been successful bio fuel flights – with one out of 4 engines running on 10 % bio fuel… Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 2-3)
  • 38. A Boeing 747 100% biofuel flight from London to Amsterdam (1.16 hours long) would use 3 million coconuts. Source: Plane Truth. Aviation’s Real Impact on People and the Environment. Rose Bridger. Pluto Press. 2013 (page 28)
  • 39. This is called: green wash… when corporations and industries deceive consumers about the environmental impact of their industries or products.
  • 40. It is unlikely you will hear about the massive environmental impact of the aviation industry in commercial media such as TV and news papers. They earn vast advertising revenues from the aviation industry.
  • 42. The travel section of weekend newspapers is one big adver-torial for the airline and tourism industry…
  • 43. The master of Green Wash Sir Richard Branson has spent his life profiting from his airline business, whilst advocating enviromental issues… Branson at his green washing best: http://blog.nature.org/conservancy/2013/05/28/dialogues-on-the-
  • 44. You might have heard of Branson’s latest business venture–space travel for the 1%… It is an environmental folly of gigantic proportions. Visit the link below and learn about ‘black carbon’ http://www.good.is/posts/the-final-frontier-a-new-polluting-industry-takes-flight
  • 45. The off setting offered by the airlines has very dubious environmental credentials. Climate Friendly’s Gold standard offsetting is about 10 times more expensive than the off setting offered by the major airlines. Source: http://www.climatefriendly.com
  • 46. Earth simply does not have anywhere near that level of offsetting ecological reserves, to offset everyone’s flights, let alone essential services like food production, building and electricity generation…
  • 47. The Co2 created during a flight, will stay in the atmosphere for 100 years during which it will act as a potent green house gas – trapping the earth’s heat and bringing about climate change. Source: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/spm/av-en.pdf (page 13)
  • 48. What impact on her future will your carbon have?
  • 49. There are no silver bullets when it comes to jet travel – both George Monbiot and Tim Flannery come to this conclusion in their books.
  • 51. The only way to reduce the environmental impact of air travel is to fly less
  • 52. To stabilize Co2 levels each global citizen Co2 per capita allowance needs to be around 2.4 tonnes of Co2 / year. Australia’s per capita emissions are 27.1 Tonnes Co2, the highest in OECD. India’s per capita emissions are 1.38 tonnes / person. Source: http://www.amberlinks.org/sustainableliving/what-is-a-sustainable-carbonfootprint.html
  • 53. The presentation is uncompromising because it needs to be–since 1990 global Co2 emissions levels have increased 61 %. Global atmospheric CO2 for October 2013, 393.66ppm
  • 54. 50 years ago… very few people flew and they were perfectly happy – They danced in the streets…
  • 56. Slow travel It is about the journey…
  • 57. The Infrequent Flyer team believes that Environmentalists have to encompass, make real, a lived successful alternative to current unsustainable consumer based practices and economies. In doing so, we can create an alternative vision for humanity–one not of environmental collapse and social and political calamity, but rather a compelling sustainable future based on sound environmental principles.