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Stay-Grounded network position paper outlining 13 steps to transform transport systems and rapidly reduce aviation. Covers climate justice, just transition for aviation workers, modal shift to rail and buses, economy of short distances, land rights for Indigenous Peoples and peasants, moratorium on airport expansion and aerotropolis/Special Economic Zone projects, elimination of aviation industry subsidies and tax breaks (kerosene tax, VAT, frequent flyer programs), rejection of carbon offsets (including REDD+), biofuels, and geoengineering as false solutions. Calls for binding UNFCCC emissions targets, frequent flyer levies, caps on flights, and challenges to corporate capture of public policy. Directed at Global North governments and the global wealthy as primary responsible parties for climate crisis mitigation.