{"id":245594,"date":"2023-05-31T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=245594"},"modified":"2023-05-31T19:59:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:29:24","slug":"france-bans-short-haul-domestic-flights-can-curbs-on-airplane-emissions-help-fight-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/france-bans-short-haul-domestic-flights-can-curbs-on-airplane-emissions-help-fight-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"France bans short-haul domestic flights: Can curbs on airplane emissions help fight climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cFrance bans short-haul domestic flights: Can curbs on airplane emissions help fight climate change\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> The Hindu <\/b>on 31st May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

France has announced a ban on domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

About France’s ban on domestic short-haul flights<\/b><\/h2>\n

France has become the first country in the world to impose a ban on short-haul domestic flights.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has brought a new law which bars air travel to destinations that can be covered by up to two-and-a-half-hour journeys by train.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, this move has been criticized as there is no way to ensure that passengers prevented from taking a flight would necessarily travel by train.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The law can possibly push more people to use their cars to make the journey, thus nullifying whatever little gains that could have accrued by the avoided air travel.<\/span><\/p>\n

How much does air transport contribute to global CO2 emissions?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Air transport, globally, accounts for just about 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions every year, and less than two per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the airline industry\u2019s contribution to the overall greenhouse gas emissions is still very small, it is still considered a big worry, mainly due to two reasons: 1)<\/strong> it is generated by a very small fraction of the global population and 2)<\/strong> it is projected to grow at a very fast pace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, emissions from international aviation fall in a grey area. The emissions from planes flying within the boundaries of a country are attributed to that country.But emissions from airlines making international flights are not attributable to any country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the steps taken against greenhouse gas emissions by airlines?<\/b><\/h2>\n

In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) put in place an offset mechanism called <\/span>CORSIA<\/b><\/a> to ensure that any increase in emissions over 2020 levels is compensated for by the airline industry through investment in carbon-saving projects elsewhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cFrance bans short-haul domestic flights: Can curbs on airplane emissions help fight climate change\u201d published in The Hindu on 31st May 2023 What is the News? France has announced a ban on domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions. About… Continue reading France bans short-haul domestic flights: Can curbs on airplane emissions help fight climate change<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,164,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-245594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702718630},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}