Aviation Continues to Focus on Carbon Emissions Reduction (.PDF Download)

Responsible for about 2% of total global carbon emissions, the air freight sector is working to halve its CO2 emissions by 2050. Here’s how things are going and what still needs to be done.
July 25, 2022

Taken as a whole, air transport represents about 2% of global carbon emissions. And while it already compares favorably with other modes of transport—maritime shipping, for example, accounts for about 4% of global carbon emissions—the sector is committed to cutting its net emissions in half by 2050.