Green flight paths: a catalyst for net-zero aviation by 2050

2024/01/01 by Steve Griffiths, Joao M. Uratani, Alejandro Ríos-Galván +2 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Engineering · #Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies #Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems #Air Traffic Management and Optimization

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d4ee02472a

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Abstract

Large-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and use is essential to achieving net-zero aviation by 2050.

Citations

• The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018
• The global scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications for climate change
• Sustainable aviation fuel technologies, costs, emissions, policies, and markets: A critical review

Discussions

• Green Flight Paths align efforts and interventions for globally important airport hubs like Heathrow. The need for SAF must be coupled with capability and responsibility as key drivers for action, if [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]