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May 11 • 8 tweets • 9 min read
We need new narratives to reduce aviation and lay the tracks for a fair planet!

Today we release our new reframing guide: #CommonDestination

It's a powerful toolbox for activists and campaigners working on #ClimateJustice and sustainable mobility. #ReframeAviation

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The first chapter of #CommonDestination guide offers an introduction to transformative communication: how can we reframe issues like air traffic to reveal their polluting reality?
Read the chapter: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/chapter-1/
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Air traffic is the most unjust mode of transport - to #ReframeAviation is a matter of #ClimateJustice.

Check out the second chapter of #CommonDestination for the latest facts on air traffic and its impacts: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/chapter-2/
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The aviation industry has been spending billions to #greenwash its image. We need to counter their old narratives to achieve a #JustTransition.

In chapter 3 of #CommonDestination you will find five new narratives that you can use to turn the tide: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/chapter-3/
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New narratives can contribute to change only if they reach enough people. In the last chapter of #CommonDestination, you will find practical tips and tricks useful for new activists as well as experienced campaigners to improve your communication: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/chapter-4/
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Our journey to #ReframeAviation starts today!

You can find the whole #CommonDestination guide as a PDF on our website: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/download/
In addition, there is a complete interactive online version: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org
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We developed the guide together with the great @NewWeatherInst. We also translated it into German (by @robin_wood) - and French (@ResistanceCC) and Spanish (@ecologistas) will follow soon.

You can already find the German version on our website: reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/download/
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Want to learn more and spread the guide's info and narratives?
First step: retweet this thread.

Second step: join our reframing journey and sign up for our free communication trainings (in ENG, GER, ESP, FR): stay-grounded.org/training/

Our #CommonDestination? #ReframeAviation!

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Biofuels are *theoretically* a feasible alternative to fossil jet fuel. But: they have countless negative side effects and their quantity will remain limited. #greenwashing

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#Hydrogen is touted by some as THE great climate remedy.

Parts of the #aviation industry are also telling us that we will soon be flying on hydrogen.

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What the aviation industry tells you: electric planes will play a big role in decarbonisation.

What they don't tell you: due to heavy batteries, electric planes are viable only for short distances - which won't change for decades to come.
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Efficiency has a problem - it's called #ReboundEffect. History shows us that "efficiency improvements" have always been accompanied by increased emissions! This is because efficiency also reduces the cost of flying and contributes to air traffic growth = emissions growth.
Emissions reductions through efficiency gains can also be cancelled out by airlines upgrading the class of seats, and by flying further or faster.
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Nov 4, 2021
"Small cuts in air traffic would level off global heating caused by flying"
Good article by @katerav about an important paper by @milankloewer et al. - but with a few blind spots.

Let's explain what's missing here. Thread 🔽🧵
theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
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Nov 1, 2021
It's #COP26 and the #aviation industry has no plan - and no intention - to to do its fair share to stay below #1point5.

Instead, it's stepping up its #greenwashing.

🧵🔽 A thread about the top 5 false promises and the limits of 'green technologies' for '#SustainableAviation'. Image
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#Airbus announces that by 2035 it plans to build hydrogen "zero-emission" aircraft.

But #HydrogenPlanes are not the solution to the aviation industry's climate problem. Why? Thread. ⬇️
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2. The aviation industry is lobbying against real climate action, promising technological shifts.
E. g.: The industry has not been meeting its own (low) targets for (harmful) biofuels for years. Why should the target for hydrogen in particular be reached?
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