can the aviation sector reduce its CO2 emissions?

“Yes today it represents 5.6% of our C02 emissions, it is an 85% increase between 1990 and 2019 and it will not go down, since according to Airbus projections, the world aircraft fleet should double in 20 years“, declares Jihane Benzina, on the set of 19/20, Friday June 16. Can we really limit the damage? “Ademe, in a report, identified three levers. First, improving the energy efficiency of aircraft, for example, a more aerodynamic fuselage. There is also the use of sustainable fuels, and finally limiting air traffic“, explains the journalist.

The government does not want to reduce the number of flights

Three scenarios have been tested by Ademe, all of which use these three levers, “but not in the same proportions. There is the one that relies more on technology, or more on air traffic, or the one that combines a bit of everything. Well, the one that reduces carbon emissions the most in the shortest term is the one that focuses more on reducing air traffic.“, explains Jihane Benzina, adding that “reducing the number of flights is not the strategy the government wants to apply“But making planes clean inevitably costs more. In any case, that’s what Ademe predicts.”In what proportions we do not know yet, but it will increase further, for sure“, assures Jihane Benzina.