Cambridge aviation report charts pathway to net zero
A new report from Cambridge University has outlined the steps the aviation sector must take to achieve net zero by 2050.
The report, Five Years to Chart a New Future for Aviation, maps out the action that must be taken by 2030 for aviation to get on track for a sustainable future. These 2030 Sustainable Aviation Goals include the accelerated deployment of a global contrail avoidance system, reforming Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) policies, driving fuel-burn efficiency, and launching several moonshot programmes with potential to transform the sector.
According to the Cambridge team, some of these policies could have an impact relatively quickly, while others would take longer to bear fruit. Contrail avoidance systems, if successfully implemented, could reduce aviation’s climate impact by up to 40 per cent virtually overnight. Improvements in fuel-burn efficiency will inevitably be more incremental, with the report predicting a 50 per cent gain by 2050. Moonshot programmes, by their nature, take time, but could deliver huge benefits if they come to fruition.
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