Towards Sustainable Aviation discusses notable trends and issues relating to sustainability
and aviation from a variety of academic, industrial and political perspectives. The book is …

Green Horizons Page 1 On the production costs, climate impact and future supply of
renewable jet fuels Sierk de Jong G reen H o rizo n s – O n th ep rod u ctio n co sts, clim ate im …

This paper compares the operating costs of first-generation electric-powered aircraft with
those of their conventional counterparts. We develop a cost model that incorporates both …

The global aviation sector must reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to achieve its
2050 net‐zero emissions target. Although the current pathway to the target considers an …

Aircraft emissions currently account for~ 3.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions. The number
of passenger miles has increased by 5% annually despite 9/11, two wars and gloomy …

There is a clear consensus amongst the scientific community that stabilising atmospheric
carbon dioxide concentrations at, or below, 550ppmv is necessary to avoid 'dangerous …

The latest scientific framing of climate change emphasises the importance of limiting
cumulative emissions and the need to urgently cut CO2. International agreements on …

The international aviation industry is one of the fastest growing industries, resulting in an
increase of greenhouse gas emissions. Controlling aviation carbon emissions is needed to …

In 2015, policymakers representing 196 countries gathered in Paris, France to ratify an
agreement aiming to constrain anthropogenic global warming to well below 2 C, and …

Air transport plays an ever more important role in tourism. However, air transport already has
a 40% share of all tourism CO2 emissions and 54–75% of radiative forcing (UNWTO, UNEP …