Business | Green-sky thinking
The aviation industry wants to be net zero—but not yet
The technology and economics of planemaking make decarbonisation incredibly hard
FLYING IS A dirty business. Airliners account for more than 2% of the annual global emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, many times commercial aviation’s contribution to world GDP. Two forces will push this figure up in the years to come.
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