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Evaluating the climate impact of aviation emission scenarios towards the Paris agreement including COVID-19 effects

Authors :
Volker Grewe
Arvind Gangoli Rao
Tomas Grönstedt
Carlos Xisto
Florian Linke
Joris Melkert
Jan Middel
Barbara Ohlenforst
Simon Blakey
Simon Christie
Sigrun Matthes
Katrin Dahlmann
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Aviation contributes to climate change and ways to reduce its emissions are widely debated. Here, the authors assess the effects of technology improvements and the use of sustainable aviation fuels and find that even when these are considered aviation is unlikely to meet emissions goals in line with the Paris Agreement.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5ee4e2059334ee4bbb4c4e7b52b2254
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24091-y