In case you missed it, a coalition of industry heavyweights has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. A very welcome move.
Yet, in almost the same breath, they advocated a 70% growth in flights, also by 2050. Achieving both would be quite the feat. And if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is – which is, I fear, certainly the case here.
I will readily embrace genuine progress and I am pleased to see the nod towards cleaner technologies. But these figures are not consistent with the necessary measures we need to avoid uncontrollable climate heating.
‘Enough smoke and mirrors when it comes to aircraft emissions’
Air
Justin Francis
4 February 2020
Well, Tuesday’s aviation announcement was something of an oxymoron.
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