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Aircraft efficiency improvements have stalled, stronger standards needed

The International Council on Clean Transportation released a new analysis of commercial aircraft fuel efficiency from 1960 to 2024, revealing that improvements have stagnated since international CO2 standards took effect in 2020. The study comes as policymakers prepare to gather in Montreal on February 17 to update international aviation standards in support of the sector’s 2050 net-zero CO2 goal.

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Request for Proposals: Quantifying the environmental justice impacts of zero-emission vehicles

This research report would review available data on the distribution of ZEVs within major markets. Through dialog with environmental justice experts and new research, it would then assess how environmental justice communities may be affected by changes in air quality, climate change impacts, changes in vehicle ownership costs, and workforce impacts posed by ZEVs.

Policy Experts

ICCT researchers and policy analysts available to answer media inquiries are listed below. A full staff list is available, or send a general press inquiry.

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Drew Kodjak

President / CEO

Strategies; tracking progress; electrification; U.S. policy; global

Rachel Muncrief

Executive Director

Strategies; tracking progress; heavy vehicles; freight; global

Stephanie Searle

Chief Program Officer

Fuels; United States; alternative fuels; life-cycle analyses; electrification; global

Carmen Araujo

Regional Lead

Brazil; heavy vehicles; light vehicles; fuel policy; clean air; health impacts

Amit Bhatt

India Managing Director

Hui He

China Regional Director

China; light vehicles; zero-emission vehicles; freight

Ray Minjares

Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program Director and San Francisco Managing Director

Heavy vehicles; clean air; electrification; fleets; global

Peter Mock

Europe Managing Director / Regional Lead

Europe; strategies; zero-emission vehicles; light vehicles

Dan Rutherford

Senior Director of Research

Aviation; maritime shipping; alternative fuels; global; Japan

Bryan Comer

Director of Marine Program

Maritime shipping; Arctic shipping; emissions inventories; global

Oscar Delgado

Program Director

Fleets; heavy vehicles; vehicle efficiency; zero-emission vehicles; batteries and fuel cells

Joshua Miller

Director of Modeling, Monitoring, and Evaluation and Director of Program Services

Emissions modeling; GHG emissions; clean air; health impacts; global; strategies; tracking progress