Swedish views on holidays are shifting towards reducing air travel, media analysis shows.
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The Swedish ‘flight shame’ campaign was a runaway success. We asked those it affected how it influenced their travel behaviour.
The drop in traffic during COVID-19 lockdowns reduced global emissions. If we keep encouraging cycling and working from home beyond the pandemic, our climate goals may become more achievable.
Travelling to conferences and meetings has become a way of life for many of us – and has driven up emissions. Now COVID-19, not climate change, is forcing us to explore and develop alternatives.
Carbon offsetting and new airplanes won’t keep up with emissions from an ever-expanding aviation industry.
Carbon emissions from international air travel show no sign of abating. In the absence of a tax on jet fuel, are sail boats the best way to travel the world sustainably?
The adverse environmental impacts of academic travel are known. It is now up to institutions to determine how to adapt to these impacts.
Whether to attending a conferences or giving in to a meeting, the global research community is keen on air travel. That’s a habit that needs to change.
Top contributors
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sustainable Urban Precincts Project, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton
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Maître de conférences en épidémiologie, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)
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Directeur de l’équipe « Maladies infectieuses en pays à ressources limitées » du Centre Inserm 1219, Université de Bordeaux
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Professeure agrégée en géographie / Associate professor in geography, Université de Montréal
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Senior Researcher in Statistical Genetics and Pathogen Dynamics, University of Oxford
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Candidat au doctorat en géographie, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Media and Communication and Co-Director, Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Risk and Environmental Studies, Karlstad University and Researcher at Planetary Boundaries Group, Stockholm University
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PhD Candidate in Sustainability Science, Lund University
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Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor of Sustainability Science, Lund University
