An Airbus A321 of Air France airlines coming from Paris approaches Toulouse-Blagnac airport at sunset in Toulouse, southern France on September 7, 2022. In an effort to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, France will ban commercial flights on several short-haul domestic flight routes. France isto ban short flights, which are especially bad for the environment because airplanes burn more fuel during takeoff and landing.
“I am proud that France is a pioneer in this area,” said France’s Transport Minister Clément Beaune. He described the new policy as a “major step forward.” The policy will enter into force in several months, and it will last for an initial period of three years, with a review to consider extending it to begin after two years. It was adoptedof a citizens' assembly charged with coming up with proposals to reduce emissions that was created as part of France's 2021 law to address climate change.
The committee recommended banning flights between cities connected by rail lines if the train journey takes less than 2.5 hours. France has a highly developed high-speed rail system. Its TGV trains, which started service in 1981, were the first high-speed trains on the European continent. They travelLast year, during the U.N. climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the U.S.
with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions in the aviation industry by 2050. It proposed researching new technologies such as lower-emissions fuels and other ways of improving fuel efficiency.
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