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Why Airports Need to Start Planning for Net-Zero Aviation Now
(SOURCE: RMI)
The aviation industry is responsible for about 1 gigaton (GT) of CO2 emissions annually, nearly 3 percent of global CO2 emissions. If aviation’s emissions were a country, it would be roughly on par with Japan, the world’s fifth-highest emitter. Under the status quo, aviation could be responsible for 22 percent of global CO2 emissions by 2050.
To reduce aviation emissions, the industry must pull on all levers available to propel it toward net zero. While the transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and aircraft efficiency improvements continue to make progress toward achieving net-zero aviation, these alone are insufficient to fully decarbonize the industry.
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