Aviation carbon neutral goal

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Aviation Outlook 2050: air traffic forecast shows aviation pathway to net zero CO₂ emissions.

“Traffic is still expected to grow over the next 30 years but with a 10-year lag compared to the last long term forecast (2018). No single solution will enable aviation to achieve net zero CO₂, but in all scenarios here it is the scaling up of the production,  distribution and use of SAF that makes the major contribution in the long term, with operational improvements helping more immediately. ”Europe’s aviation industry will be able to reach its target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to EUROCONTROL’s new Aviation Outlook 2050 report, but only if there is more closely aligned industry cooperation to meet European Union (EU) Green Deal targets and focused investment by Member States in areas such as increasing the scale up of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and market-based measures. This is the first time that EUROCONTROL has published an integrated forecast of flights and carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, combining the expertise of the Agency’s traffic forecasters and aviation sustainability experts. This report is complemented by the EUROCONTROL Objective Skygreen Think Paper and report (see Objective Skygreen: Reducing aviation emissions by 55% by 2030) looking in much more details at the elements leading to the achievability of emission targets set for 2030.