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Evaluating the potential role of a National Low-Carbon Fuel Standard to support sustainable aviation fuels
Investigates the integration of aviation fuels into a national low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) policy, highlighting the potential for LCFS policies to promote sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with policy design choices playing a crucial role in shaping their effectiveness.
Priorities for government spending on net-zero aviation
This study delves into the necessity of government fiscal support for decarbonizing international aviation, estimating that approximately $0.8–1.4 trillion of public investment is required to bring emerging clean aviation technologies to maturity and achieve a net-zero goal by 2050.
Aviation climate finance using a global frequent flying levy
Analyzes the potential of a tax on individuals who fly often to raise revenue for the decarbonization of aviation
Vision 2050: Aligning aviation with the Paris Agreement
Analyzes scenarios under which the aviation sector could achieve emissions reductions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Variation in aviation emissions by itinerary: The case for emissions disclosure
Analyzes varying levels of carbon emitted on alternative itineraries serving the same two cities and calls for emissions disclosure by airlines.
Potential tankering under an EU sustainable aviation fuels mandate
Investigates the potential for tankering to undermine the environmental objectives of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate in the European Union.
Reducing aircraft CO2 emissions: The role of U.S. federal, state, and local policies
Considers the legal challenge brought by 12 U.S. states seeking stronger federal regulation on aircraft CO2 emissions from EPA, and discusses additional policy instruments that could help mitigate aviation emissions.
CO2 emissions from commercial aviation: 2013, 2018, and 2019
Presents a bottom-up, global carbon dioxide emissions inventory for three years of commercial aviation and estimates emissions and carbon intensity by both seating class and aircraft class.
Fuel burn of new commercial jet aircraft: 1960 to 2019
Updates our 2015 analysis of fuel burn trends of new commercial jet aircraft by including new types and deliveries from 2015 to 2019 and incorporating dedicated freighters delivered from 1960 to 2019.
Ranking de eficiencia energética de aerolíneas de Estados Unidos y América Latina, 2017–2018
Se analizan los vuelos sin escalas en el mercado EE. UU.–América Latina y se destaca una brecha de 52 % en la intensidad de emisión de carbono de las aerolíneas que volaron entre EE. UU. y Sudamérica en 2018.