Ongoing emissions from
… growth in flights
• Jet2 has launched new trips from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/jet2-launched-new-trips-liverpool-28646675
• Increased Demand for Air Travel Means Emissions are Taking Off
https://sampan.org/2024/boston/increased-demand-for-air-travel-means-emissions-are-taking-off/
• Are emissions from global air transport significantly underestimated?
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13683500.2024.2337281
• Low cost airlines pollute more than ever, latest emissions data shows
https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/low-cost-airlines-pollute-more-than-ever-latest-emissions-data-shows/
• Aviation emissions soar back towards pre-pandemic levels
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4199394/study-aviation-emissions-soar-pre-pandemic-levels
• UK airline emissions on track to reach record high in 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/19/uk-airline-emissions-on-track-to-reach-all-time-high-in-2024
• Big data reveals true climate impact of worldwide air travel
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240430131900.htm
• Domestic and international aviation emission inventories for the UNFCCC parties
https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/3127771/Klenner_2024_Environ._Res._Lett._19_054019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
… greenwashed fuels and engines
‘SUSTAINABLE’ AVIATION FUELS
The aviation industry uses marketing greenwash and accounting tricks to mislead you into thinking that actual flight emissions from ‘Sustainable’ Aviation Fuel (SAF) are a fraction of those from fossil jet fuel. A jet never burns pure SAF, so a common 50:50 blend with fossil jet fuel doubles claimed emissions. And actual flight CO2 emissions are additionally more than claimed, by the amount of CO2 drawn down in making the fuel. Furthermore SAF still creates non-CO2 emissions twice as warming as actual flight CO2 emissions.
• Catherine King’s speech at Australian Renewable Fuels Week conference
https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/speech/transcript-australian-renewable-fuels-week-conference
• Embracing sustainable aviation fuel will help American farmers thrive
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/17/embracing-sustainable-aviation-fuel-will-help-amer/
• Can flying ever be sustainable?
https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/can-flying-ever-be-sustainable/
• Sustainable aviation fuel has been a talkfest for far too long
https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/sustainable-aviation-fuel-has-been-a-talkfest-for-far-too-long-20240412-p5fjfa?gift=CxMGxpkn4f7tMvMrmoRrra3–HVHStZb4RHDGjPkZNTOXbjJ2SquCKYPGKjQ9pFXWlycpFXVEcZYoaak8N_t2GHY7aViUwH3qWzmHwuMM6y_XjrotFcLdl6GydKPKywY-Q
• Why Is Sustainable Aviation Fuel So Hard To Come By For Low-Cost Airlines?
https://simpleflying.com/low-cost-airlines-saf-access-difficulties/
• Boeing and Wagner join to manufacture and utilise sustainable aviation fuels
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/boeing-and-wagner-join-to-manufacture-and-utilise-sustainable-aviation-fuels
• Make green fuel the new hydrogen, airlines and airports urge Labor
https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/make-green-fuel-the-new-hydrogen-airlines-and-airports-urge-labor-20240403-p5fh0h
• Exploiting Waste to Propel the Future of Aviation
https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/04/sustainable-aviation-fuel-from-waste/
• Weaning the world off fossil fuels
https://airlines.iata.org/2024/04/25/weaning-world-fossil-fuels-0
• Boeing, Wagner Advance Australia’s SAF Industry
https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/boeing-wagner-advance-australias-saf-industry
• A Guide To Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator Explorer Program
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-ecodemonstrator-explorer-guide/
• The present and future of aviation through the Air France–KLM lens (Part I)
https://www.iata.org/en/about/worldwide/europe/blog/the-present-and-future-of-aviation-through-the-air-franceklm-lens-part-i/
… delusional scenarios
NET ZERO 2050 PATHWAY
Net zero emissions by 2050 allows ongoing emissions and subtracts from them carbon drawdown needed to cool an already dangerously hot planet
• Net zero shouldn’t fly in the face of improved prosperity
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/static/edinburghairport-april24/
• IATA and Partners Release Aviation Net Zero Roadmaps Comparative Review
https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2024-releases/2024-04-17-01/
• Team Pens Paper on Net-Zero Emissions in Aviation Industry
https://www.miragenews.com/team-pens-paper-on-net-zero-emissions-in-1224245/
• IATA releases Aviation Net Zero Roadmaps review
https://asianaviation.com/iata-releases-aviation-net-zero-roadmaps-review/
… misinformation
GREENWASHING
• Qantas and Virgin Australia put on notice over offsets after landmark decision on greenwashing
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/02/climate-integrity-australia-dutch-court-klm-emissions-reductions-climate-claims-qantas-virgin
… total fight emissions
NON-CO2
• Airlines lobby against EU plan to monitor non-CO2 emissions from flights
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/30/airlines-lobby-against-eu-plan-to-monitor-non-co2-emissions-from-flights
• Aviation Emissions and Contrail Cirrus
https://redcircle.com/shows/7853e3ce-8b5c-4d51-805b-1f811bb33b81/ep/6b7b4956-bc59-4bee-b2be-74f838f3fd75
FULL ACCOUNTING
• What share of global CO₂ emissions come from aviation?
https://ourworldindata.org/global-aviation-emissions
Emissions impacts on aviation industry
AIRPORTS
• Future-proofing airport infrastructure for a changing climate
https://www.internationalairportreview.com/article/190358/future-proofing-airport-infrastructure-for-a-changing-climate/
Reducing emissions by
… fiscal measures
FREQUENT FLYER TAX
• UK should impose frequent flyer tax to curb air travel demand, MPs say
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/uk-frequent-flyer-tax-aviation-pollution-b2522447.html
… marginally or theoretically
BATTERY POWER
• Electric Aircraft Ready for Trials to Reduce Carbon Emissions
https://voi.id/kr/technology/337015
eFUEL
• A Gates-Backed Startup Is Making Fuel From Water and Carbon Dioxide
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-08/in-texas-bill-gates-backed-startup-infinium-makes-sustainable-fuel
ALTERED FLIGHT PATHS
• A high-resolution Global Aviation emissions Inventory based on ADS-B (GAIA) for 2019–2021
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-724/
… changing public behaviour
• Europe Talks Flying: Navigating public opinion on aviation and climate
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/our-work/research/europe-talks-flying/
Climate emergency
• Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-the-recent-acceleration-in-global-warming-is-what-scientists-expect/
• ‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/simply-mind-boggling-world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe
