SUN calls for “moon-shot” effort by aviation sector to be zero-carbon by 2050

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“Good Tourism” Insight Partner SUNx — Strong Universal Network — has again called for a “moon-shot” effort by the aviation and air transport sector to be zero-carbon by 2050.

During FITUR, the international tourism fair in Madrid, SUNx Co-Founder Geoffrey Lipman said that the aviation sector’s decarbonisation pledge — for 50% of 2005 levels — was now more than a decade old and was “no longer in the mainstream of climate resilience thinking”.

Introduced at the Copenhagen COP in 2009 as part of IATA’s four-pillar strategy, the pledge has been left behind by the

Full news story at https://goodtourismblog.com/2020/01/sun-calls-for-moon-shot-effort-by-aviation-sector-to-be-zero-carbon-by-2050/

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The technology exists to "de-carbonize" many industries today (road transport, shipping, agriculture, etc), but aviation is not one of them. We can't achieve this without a meaningful breakthrough in batteries or other energy storage.

Given the high energy density of hydrogen it's conceivable that fuel cell technology could offer some hope, however that could mean a return to propellers and slower-flying airplanes. Commercial airlines are unlikely to give up their turbine jets anytime soon.