In July 2021, the EU released FIT FOR 55, an agressive set of measures to reduce its carbon emissions by 55% in 2030 compared to 1990 levels (note 1). One year later, geopolitics has changed… Read More »Head wind on Europe’s climate ambition.
Pulled by an increased demand in gas and coal, year 2021 ended with a 5% rebound of Carbon emissions approaching the 2019 peak levels. Let’s start 2022 by expressing a handful wishes to steer the… Read More »
Pulled by an increased demand in gas and coal, year 2021 ended with a 5% rebound of Carbon emissions approaching the 2019 peak levels. Let’s start 2022 by expressing a handful wishes to steer the… Read More »
Net Zero commitments are flourishing on many publications, speeches and advertising. Aviation is no exception. Back in Oct 2021, IATA announced the sector will reach Net Zero in 2050 (see note 1) Let’s decrypt what… Read More »What does Net Zero mean for aviation?
Hydrogen has stepped with force in the debate for low carbon energies with a promising future on multiple applications, from heavy industries to mobility. We can resume the current H2 situation with the words of… Read More »Grey, Blue, Green the color shades of Hydrogen.
It took a while to see the concept & mechanisms of Carbon Trade emerging in Europe. Contested by industrials for being detrimental to their competitiveness and seen by environmentalists not ambitious enough, the EU ETS… Read More »EU Carbon Trading: a lame duck becoming a World Standard ?
The carbon footprint of air travelers starts before aircraft takes off. Let’s review which are the carbon emissions on ground and what can be done to reduce them. Carbon counter ticks well before boarding The… Read More »How decarbonizing Aircraft ground operations?
Carbon budgets being centric to drive sustainable businesses (see previous post ), let’s try to define what would be a carbon budget for the commercial aviation in line with the COPs objectives (limit temperature rise… Read More »How (& Why) defining a Carbon Budget for the commercial aviation?
Some consider that the carbon emissions attributed to commercial flights are relatively insignificant and that average fuel consumption of most recent planes has reduced so the value per 100 km per passenger is lower than… Read More »How bad are commercial flights for the environment?
Like for any budget discussion, the intent of a Carbon Budget could be summarized into a question “Can I afford it ?”. And if the answer is “Well, not really but what if I loan… Read More »What’s a carbon budget & how defining carbon footprint?