Greenpeace calls on EU to ban short flights
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Environmental group Greenpeace has called on the European Union to ban short flights on routes where a train journey under six hours is available, as pressure grows on governments to limit climate change
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CLIMATE IMPACT OF EUROPE’S BUSIEST SHORT-HAUL FLIGHTS

Kilograms of CO2-equivalent emitted per passenger

Plane*
Train
Increase in CO2-equivalent by flying (compared to train journey)

150 100 50 0

Barcelona- Madrid
Frankfurt- Berlin
Paris- Amsterdam
Brussels- Amsterdam

140.8 9x more 16.5
126.9 12x more 10.8
119.0 10x more 11.5
119.0 13x more 9.1

   
      
*With total climate impact

More than one-third of EU’s busiest short-haul flights are served by train journeys of under six hours

150 busiest flights
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When taking into account combined CO2 emissions, trains emit average of five times less CO2-equivalent than plane on same route
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Sources: Bloomberg, Greenpeace Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS