UK Government's Jet Zero strategy published at Farnborough International Airshow
The UK Government has published its Jet Zero strategy which sets out how it will achieve net zero aviation by 2050 at Farnborough International Airshow.
The UK.’s Jet Zero strategy, which aims to decarbonise the aviation sector while allowing people to keep flying, seeks to implement a pathway that should mean emissions never again reach the pre-pandemic levels of 2019.
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Among some of its key policies, the U.K. aims to make domestic aviation and airports net zero by 2040, respectively, and mandate that at least 10% of sustainable aviation fuels be blended into traditional aviation fuels by 2030.
The government’s plan is scheduled to be reviewed every five years.
Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport of the United Kingdom, said: “The clear goal is to deliver net zero, or as I prefer to say jet zero, in aviation by 2050, but it acknowledges that there are multiple different solutions needed in order for us to get there.
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“Innovation has long been clear and often evidenced right here at Farnborough. Now the industry must embrace that change once again [and] tackle the defining issue of our time, climate change — so vividly experienced in the heat here today.
“So, now let’s get on with delivering the technologies and fuels that will keep us flying guilt-free in a decarbonised world."
The strategy is informed by over 1,500 responses to the Jet Zero consultation and the Jet Zero further technical consultation.
