Degrowth of Aviation: Reducing Air Travel in a Just Way

• This 52-page report describes the ways we can attempt to decrease emissions from the aviation sector in a socially just manner.
• The report is broken into nine chapters and includes numerous graphics such as photographs, charts, infographics, and maps.

Positives

• This paper emphasizes the role of environmental justice in limiting air travel and air transport for an equitable transition to a more sustainable world.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a strong understanding of climate change and know how to read a bar graph.

Differentiation

• Because the article is long and dense with information, teachers should consider assigning different groups of students to read and then present each of the 9 chapters.
• Cross-curricular connections can be made with math courses by using the charts to discuss climate change and social justice.
• Civics and economics courses can discuss the policies, taxes, and financial incentives that can be used to influence change in the aviation industry.

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