The past two years have seen the climate crisis come home. In 2022 there were record temperatures across the country, and this year wildfires affecting UK holiday-makers and other extreme weather events have given us further insight into what will happen more often and with greater intensity unless we reduce greenhouse gas emissions urgently.
Today, while aviation accounts for around 2.5 per cent of global carbon emissions, it is one of the more visible industries when it comes to the climate crisis, and for some the answer to tackling aviation’s impact can only be for us as a society to fly less.
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