If aviation emissions were counted as those of a separate country, that country would be ranked as a top ten emitter.
Not exact matches
Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat energy and climate change spokesman, said: «
If the Department for Transport continues to allow unchecked airport expansion we could find that growth in
aviation will gobble up all of the available
emissions, forcing the rest of the economy to make even more drastic cuts.»
«Global efforts to stay well below 2 degrees [Celsius of warming], and especially 1.5 degrees, will be severely compromised
if international
aviation and shipping
emissions continue to increase,» Mark Lutes, senior global climate policy adviser at the World Wide Fund for Nature's global climate and energy initiative, said by email.
«
If, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report sai
If, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and
if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report sai
if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their
emission shares in global CO2
emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international
aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report said.
While other transportation modes, such as the maritime industry, are also discussing ways to limit
emissions, the world's attention is centered on
aviation - a sector that would be the world's seventh - largest carbon emitter
if it were a country.
This objective can only be fulfilled
if the
aviation industry, a top ten global polluter, contributes its fair share in reducing
emissions rapidly.
The introduction of biofuels could mitigate some of
aviation's carbon
emissions,
if biofuels can be developed to meet the demanding specifications of the
aviation industry, although both the costs of such fuels and the
emissions from their production process are uncertain at this time (medium agreement, medium evidence)[5.3.3].
The research concludes that
if aviation growth continues, it could take up the entire
emissions budget for all sectors of the EU economy by 2040 based on an atmospheric stabilisation target of greenhouse gas concentrations of 450 parts per million.
Tyndall, the UK's leading independent climate change research body, concludes that
if aviation growth continues, it could take up the entire
emissions budget for all sectors of the EU economy by 2040 and all sectors of the UK economy by 2037,
if we are to keep within safe limits [2].
Friends of the Earth believes that
if the EU allows the
aviation sector to grow according to its forecasts, it will find it politically impossible to achieve the overall cut in CO2
emissions needed.
«
If the
aviation industry continues increasing their
emissions, other industries will need to have even steeper reductions,» Ranum says.
But carbon market experts are skeptical that the plan will actually lower the industry's
emissions, and,
if it doesn't,
aviation's carbon market could wind up undercutting the larger global effort to become carbon - neutral.
If the aviation industry were to buy credits of unknown quality from these voluntary markets as well, on paper it would seem as if airlines were offsetting their emissions, but, in practice, the atmosphere would not be foole
If the
aviation industry were to buy credits of unknown quality from these voluntary markets as well, on paper it would seem as
if airlines were offsetting their emissions, but, in practice, the atmosphere would not be foole
if airlines were offsetting their
emissions, but, in practice, the atmosphere would not be fooled.
While other transportation modes, such as the maritime industry, are also discussing ways to limit
emissions, the world's attention is now centered on
aviation - a sector that would be the world's seventh largest carbon emitter
if it were a country.