Title
Short-haul flights ban in France: Relevant potential but yet modest effects of GHG emissions reductionAuthor
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FinanzasOther institutions
Universidad de Zaragozahttps://ror.org/00eqwze33
Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
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Open accessPublisher’s version
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108289Published at
Ecological Economics Volume 224, October 2024, 108289xmlui.dri2xhtml.METS-1.0.item-publicationfirstpage
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ElsevierKeywords
AviaciónGases de efecto invernadero
Políticas públicas
Francia
Subject (UNESCO Thesaurus)
Global warmingUNESCO Classification
http://skos.um.es/unesco6/330801/htmlAbstract
The French government has taken a new measure of limiting the exercise of traffic rights to reduce emissions, in particular, the bill to ban short-haul flights where a train alternative of 2:30 h or l ... [+]
The French government has taken a new measure of limiting the exercise of traffic rights to reduce emissions, in particular, the bill to ban short-haul flights where a train alternative of 2:30 h or less exists. Here we quantify the impact of this measure in economic and environmental terms. The results show that although this measure goes in the right direction, it is less effective than expected in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from domestic aviation. The adoption of the measure is less ambitious than originally envisaged, and it crucially leaves important domestic air routes out of the ban. As data shows, there is a substitution effect between routes that do not meet the objective of reducing flights and therefore GHG emissions. Moreover, alternative scenarios to the one currently approved have been presented and examined, both in terms of potential extension of routes banned and in substitution effects. Thus, the results show that with this minor modification of the currently approved measure, the substitution effects are removed, and the currently reduced emissions are more than tripled. [-]
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