Panel at Climate Justice Week in Dominican Republic: Airport Extractivist Model and Tourism

von Daniela | Juli 18, 2022

20. July: 13:15 – 15:00 (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) // 19:15 – 21:00 (CEST) This panel will be in Spanish with no translation. Governments and corporations promote airports as a sign of progress and with promises of ‘development’. In reality, the...

Klimaaktivisten blockieren Frachtflughafen Leipizig Halle aus Protest gegen geplanten Ausbau

von Michaela | Aug. 17, 2021 | Actions

Bericht über die Aktion von „Cancel LEJ“und dessen Auswirkungen: In der Nacht zum Samstag, dem 10.07.2021, haben sich 54 Klimaaktivist:innen auf einer LKWZufahrt zum DHL-Hub am Flughafen-Halle Leipzig friedlich versammelt und dadurch den Betriebsablauf gestört. Die...

EU Fit for 55 Aviation Rules: Too Many Loopholes and Too Slow

von Magdalena Heuwieser | Juli 14, 2021 | Press Release

EU’s Proposed End of Kerosene Tax Exemption Welcomed, but Lacks Ambition Vienna/Brussels, July 14 2021 – Today, the EU Commission published its Fit for 55 climate package, which includes some changes for aviation. The Stay Grounded network welcomes the plan to end the...

Airport Conflicts – Struggles for Environmental Justice

von Mira Kapfinger | Juni 1, 2020 | Conflicts, Webinar

All across the globe airport projects involve new land acquisition, the destruction of ecosystems, displacement of people, local pollution and health issues. More and more airports, especially in the Global South, are becoming ‘Aerotropolis’, or Airport Cities,...

Filipino fishers join global climate strike

von Mira Kapfinger | Feb. 19, 2020 | Press Release, Solidarity

Filipino fisherfolk fighting against Bulcan Aerotropolis and wider infrastructure development, which is destroying wetland in Manila Bay, have started a mobilization called ‚Fishers Rise Up!‘ 20/02/2020: Bulakan, Bulacan – The Fishers Rise Up!...