The scope of the government’s new Jet Zero Strategy is too narrow and fails to acknowledge the "non-CO2 effects" of aviation on the climate, pilots union Balpa has said.
Decarbonisation didn't feature heavily in Hunt's Budget
Transport secretary Grant Shapps unveiled the strategy on Tuesday (19 July) at the Farnborough Airshow, vowing to ensure pre-Covid levels of emissions define the moment aviation pollution peaked.
"From now on, it should all be downhill for carbon emissions – and steadily uphill for green flights,” said Shapps.
The strategy commits UK domestic aviation to achieving net zero emissions by 2040, and for all airports in England to be zero-emission by the same year.
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