Problem
Carbon pollution arising from air travel
Other Names:
Carbon dioxide emissions from airplanesClimate change impacts of aviation
Nature:
Estimates put aviation’s contribution to greenhouse gases somewhere between 1.5 and 2 percent.
Background:
There has been a rapid growth of commercial air travel. The International Air Transport Association projected last year that the number of fliers will double over the next two decades. By 2036, fliers will take 7.8 billion trips annually.
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
24.04.2019 – 14:01 CEST