More Trains, less Planes! France Are Set to Ban Some Domestic Flights

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France is one of only two countries in the EU that remains committed to being ‘carbon-neutral’ by 2050, and one of the steps they are taking is to ban short-domestic flights in favour of utilising trains.

In Australia, this change would result in widespread backlash, but in France, this is largely inconvenient and far healthier for the environment.

Produced By: Marc De Paoli

Featured In Story: Dr. Roger Dargaville; Senior Lecturer in Resources Engineering Department of Civil Engineering, and Emeritus Professor Peter Cryle; Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

First aired on The Wire, Monday 24 May 2021