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Cut demand for flying if net zero policies not working by 2025, say MPs

Source: PA Wire

The Government should consider actively reducing demand for flying if its current policies on cutting aviation emissions are not working fast enough by 2025, MPs have said.

Ministers have resisted the idea of telling people they should fly less, preferring instead to rely on the development of low-carbon alternatives to kerosene.

These sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs)

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