The significant carbon dioxide emissions and resultant climate change impacts of international aviation are well-documented. This, along with the lack of emerging low-carbon alternatives to long-haul aviation make the question of whether or not to fly for personal or professional trips a point of debate amongst those committed to action on climate change.
This talk aims to unpick how this issue is understood via public discourse and enacted via personal/collective decision making by presenting a framework of four common modes of sense-making for environmental issues. It does so by drawing on theories of pro-environmental behaviour and the presenter's own experience of planning and undertaking a five-month transatlantic trip without flying.