Campaign group @schipholwatch.nl's court victory: the Dutch court has ruled that “the government has structurally ignored the legal protection of local residents and replaced it with informal agreements that primarily served the aviation sector.” 1/2 schipholwatch.nl/2026/03/11/r...

Using plants and crops for fuel feedstocks is inefficient and risks indirect land-use change. Tweaking the SAF Mandate to allow more biomass feedstocks is a bad idea, for many reasons. We set them all out in our consultation response. www.aef.org.uk/2026/03/03/g...

New analysis on the "small error" in aviation modelling announced by the Secretary of State of Transport, @heidialexander.bsky.social last week. Spoiler: 4MtCO2 is not small. Read our full analysis below 👀 www.aef.org.uk/2026/03/03/a...

Important new report by @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social looking at how oil majors infiltrate the voluntary carbon market’s regulatory bodies to soften rules and delay change. bsky.app/profile/carb...

As Irish Gov plans to lift Dublin Airport's passenger cap, @friends-earth.bsky.social speaks out: "Clean air and a safe climate are legal obligations, not optional extras,” this moves us toward more pollution & away from our climate targets. 1/2 dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...

Another report warning that aviation will not decarbonise without reducing air traffic 🛬 📉 Even under optimistic efficiency scenarios, alternative aviation fuels will not be available in sufficient quantities to fully replace fossil kerosene in time. www.futura-sciences.com/en/decarboni...

Airlines including Air France and Accor to pay bond penalty after missing climate goals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Green groups including @friends-earth.bsky.social and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social are urging the @thecccuk.bsky.social to make it clear that airport expansion is not compatible with climate goals in its upcoming advice to the government on the ANPS. friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/green...

New report from @EUEnvironment: Europe’s aviation sector now accounts for 13.1% of all transport emissions, and climbing faster than any other transport sector. “The aviation sector’s emissions trajectory is unsustainable,” the EEA warns. aircargoweek.com/eu-report-is...

A shaky foundation? Two pillars of the Government’s growth plans are in conflict: airport expansion & housing 🏗️ Both Thamesmead and Crews Hill in Enfield - two developments shortlisted by the government's New Towns Taskforce - sit beneath flight paths. 1/2 www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...

The CAA’s decision to ask airlines and booking sites selling UK flights to provide travel emissions data to consumers within the next 15 months is a welcome move. 1/3 travelweekly.co.uk/in-depth/caa...

Noise standards allow bigger, heavier planes to make proportionately more noise. A flight cap at Schiphol airport was introduced to reduce noise pollution. However, the airport still expects passenger growth as airlines switch to using bigger planes. www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/A...

Singapore’s Government has set a levy for all passengers to fund SAF. 1/2 www.independent.co.uk/news/singapo...

Private jet travel has soared to record highs and so has public support for fairly taxing them. Applying carbon pricing to jets would also raise significant revenue for climate action and a just transition. carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/02/12/l...

New briefing from the SASHA Coalition on how to commercialise zero carbon emission aviation through introducing policies. This includes hydrogen and electric planes 🤓 www.sashacoalition.org/leading-the-...

New UK gov data: 2.36% of 2025 aviation fuel was eligible SAF, above the 2% mandate. However, 91% of the claimed SAF is still to be certified, so the full picture remains unclear. www.gov.uk/government/s...

AEF has signed a letter, alongside other aviation campaign groups, calling for crop-based fuels to remain excluded from the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate. Allowing these fuels in would undermine the mandate’s sustainability goals. www.aef.org.uk/2026/02/11/k...

Does this add up? Fuji Film participates in a so-called fry-to-fly scheme promoting the idea that a portion of fried food can meaningfully contribute to the fuel needed to take a flight. 1/2 markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/...

How a Texas refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into 'green' jet fuel www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

New study: Supersonic aircraft high-altitude NOx emissions could harm stratospheric ozone AND significantly impact surface air pollution—potentially worse than regular planes per unit of NOx emitted. Another reason to keep flights subsonic? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

4 stories in the @irishtimes.com highlight the crazy approach to climate action by the government. 3 articles detailing the heavy financial & social cost of climate breakdown, and 1 where the govt celebrates increasing climate emissions for the airport by lifting the passenger cap. 🤯 #SpeirGorm

Domestic tourism falls £1.8bn in a year - is bad policy to blame? 1/3 www.thetimes.com/business/com....

AEF opposes the inclusion of biofuels from the UK SAF mandate. They offer negligible emission savings and put pressure on food security and biodiversity. bsky.app/profile/tran...

New study: the @UK_CAA conducted a study on the impacts of carbon labelling for flights on consumer behaviour, with interesting results. 1/4 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Are communities being steamrolled? Looking at the raft of consultations the Government and the CAA released over Christmas, you would be hard pressed to say no. The proposals endanger the public’s right to have an input on how they are overflown. www.aef.org.uk/2026/02/04/c...

UK aviation decarbonisation relies heavily on SAFs, but the Whitehead Review proposed another policy pillar: Greenhouse gas removals (GGRs). Matt Finch of EcoMatters outlines what this policy could look like: www.aef.org.uk/2026/01/29/c...

AEF is supporting @protectourwinters.bsky.social campaign to make low-carbon travel the easiest way to reach the outdoors. 🚆🌍 Add your signature to strengthen the case to policymakers for removing barriers and making clean, fair travel the norm 👇👇 form.typeform.com/to/MNg3cvXd#...

AEF thinks there's no place for crop-based biofuels in the UK SAF mandate, + this article from @OurWorldInData shows just one of the reasons - based on the current mix of biofuel crops grown, you’d need between three and six times the area of Germany. ourworldindata.org/biofuels-dem...

Heathrow expansion plans "based on assumptions about traveller behaviour, airline economics and capacity at other London airports that were more than ten years out of date, and...project is unlikely to be affordable" www.thetimes.com/business/com...

Is aviation borrowing from the car lobby’s playbook? Politico reports that all of the green initiatives designed to keep aviation decarbonisation on track are under attack, including the SAF mandate. www.politico.eu/article/avia...

"It is increasingly evident that our nation’s national security interests rely on moving further and faster towards net zero, to halt climate change and the breaching of dangerous tipping points”, says ECIU's Gareth Redmond-King eciu.net/media/press-...

When will the polluter start paying in full for the pollution? @InfluenceMap pinpoints that lobbying to delay the EU Emissions Trading System started nearly 20 years ago, in 2007. Several airlines have also backtracked initial support. influencemap.org/briefing/The...

We’re half way through the hearing into our legal challenge on Gatwick Airport expansion – and the govt has made a partial concession on one of our grounds: noise. We’re pleased we have secured better protection for local people on this at least. The case continues. www.gacc.org.uk/resources/GA...

A new report from @transportenvironment.org finds that flights at night and flight in winter/autumn produce disproportionate warming contrails, offering mitigation opportunities as these periods have lower traffic. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/sca...

New Gatwick runway 'profoundly concerning', court told www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yesterday the Court began hearing challenges to Gatwick Airport expansion brought by @CAGNE_Gatwick and a local resident working with @GCgatwick. AEF supports our member groups prioritising environment & community health over unmitigated growth. 1/3

A pretty unambiguous top line judgement in the UK's "National security assessment on global ecosystems" report, released today: "Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity" Confidence: high. Time to speed up action, then? www.gov.uk/government/p...

Day 2 of the hearing into our legal challenge to Gatwick Airport expansion. Florence Long of @theaef.bsky.social said: "AEF stands with local campaigners who are challenging the Government's prioritisation of unchecked growth over the UK's climate commitments and public health."

UK airspace reform could sideline public input: Charles Lloyd of AEF's Airspace & Noise Community Forum said “Local residents are just beginning to wake up to the realisation that they will have almost no meaningful voice at every stage in the .. process” 1/3 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This morning, I joined resident Sally Pavey and others from CAGNE outside the Royal Courts of Justice as the legal challenge to Gatwick’s second runway begins. This expansion raises serious questions about climate commitments, noise, public transport capacity, and the impact on local communities.

NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx

“Amid evidence of rising emissions, the aviation industry continues to promote demand growth while offering long-term sustainability reassurances communicated as ‘facts’ ” which ultimately seek to “ease public concern and postpone regulation.” ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

Brussels have signalled that negotiations on aligning the UK’s and EU’s carbon markets are due to start. With both systems treating aviation differently, this negotiation will be closely followed 👀 1/2 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Starting in 2028, the Scottish Government said it will introduce a supplement to departure taxes for private jets so passengers “pay a fair share for that privilege” 👏 👏 www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

Our first thoughts on today's #ScotBudget: "We’re pleased to see the introduction of a private jet tax. We now need the government to build on this move towards fairer pricing for the most polluting mode of transport by tackling frequent flyers and reducing short haul domestic flights."

To be clear, the Government knew before they encouraged Heathrow expansion that SAF delivery would be hard. We know this because we told them. And so did the community groups around airports, the aviation industry and numerous other organisations. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Cognitive dissonance? IATA, the largest aviation trade association, has ranked climate change as the biggest threat to the industry. Specifically, the related physical risks and costs. skift.com/2026/01/12/a...

10 days into 2026, the richest 1% have already used their fair share of the carbon budget. @bethrjohn: Taxing the biggest polluters—private jets, oil & gas—can fund a fairer, greener future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In their recent report, the European Environment Agency delivers an urgent message: transport noise is a major cardiovascular risk factor with significant public health, environmental, and economic consequences. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...