Analysis: Should short-haul flights be banned? Climate change is a major issue in elections in Europe and Australia.
A British Airways aircraft at London Heathrow Airport. By Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Europe and international security Email Bio Follow May 17 at 8:25 AM BERLIN — Not long ago, Europe’s young urban residents used to brag about their latest adventures on the other side of the planet, in Asia, Australia or the Pacific.
Earlier this year, European travel agencies first started to notice a drop in flight bookings, a development they quickly named the “Greta impact” — in a reference to 16-year old Greta Thunberg, whose climate protest, including a refusal to fly, has inspired thousands around the world. The question both candidates responded to appeared to primarily relate to domestic flights, but there is no official definition for what constitutes a short-haul flight.
A growing number of previously conservative voters has grown skeptical of the Liberal Party’s stance on global warming, ahead of elections there this Saturday. All of those changes would have been unthinkable not long ago in a country that has prided itself for having the fourth-largest coal reserves in the world.
Weber and Timmermans both agree that Europe’s reliable train network would need to be expanded to make up for a reduction on short-haul flights.
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