AEF is a UK-based organisation campaigning for aviation’s impacts on people and the environment to be brought within sustainable limits. More about the AEF
Feb 20 2020
In February, AEF responded to the Committee on Climate Change’s call for evidence on the Sixth Carbon Budget. The Sixth Carbon budget, notes the CCC, ‘will provide ministers with the Committee’s recommendation on the level of greenhouse gases the UK …
Feb 18 2020
Our 2019 Annual Report published today looks back on a year when declarations of climate emergency, Greta Thunberg’s refusal to fly and a growing European flight shame movement, combined to make aviation’s climate impacts the subject du jour. This saw …
Feb 4 2020
Today, Sustainable Aviation has published its carbon roadmap which commits the UK industry to net zero emissions by 2050. While the industry has set the right level of ambition, following on from the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC’s) advice last …
Jan 14 2020
In response to reports that the Government is considering cutting APD on all domestic flights in order to save Flybe from having to cease operations, AEF Deputy Director Cait Hewitt said: “With aviation growth posing a threat to the UK’s …
Dec 17 2019
Have they included aircraft emissions? It’s the question we ask ourselves every time we see a new climate commitment, whether that’s airports saying they’re going carbon neutral, businesses and states committing to ‘net zero’, or claims about successful carbon cutting …