How Close Are We To Green Aviation?

The need for green aviation is of course critical, but how close are we to green aviation?

The aviation industry burns a huge amount of fossil fuel to make its aircraft fly. Its fuel consumption is now responsible for between 2.5% to 2.8% of global CO2 emissions every year. When this is added to aircrafts' other gas emissions and vapour trails, aviation's contribution to climate change could be as much as 5%.

As with every other industry, aviation must decarbonise. It is absolutely essential that aviation addresses its CO2 emissions and finds new ways to measure, track and - most importantly - reduce its emissions.

However, making the aviation industry carbon neutral by 2050 - a target the world's largest airlines committed to at the IATA AGM in 2021 - is not going to be an easy task. The fact flight has always depended on fossil fuels means sustainable or, as it's now known, 'green aviation' is probably still some way off.