When it comes to debate around sustainable travel, there is one sector that comes under particular scrutiny. Despite research (published in the Global Environmental Change Journal) stating just 11% of the world’s population travel by plane, and only 1% fly frequently, aviation currently accounts for around 2.5% of global carbon emissions. What’s more, it contributes to as much as 5% of climate change attributed to human activity. And as things stand, these figures are only set to rise.
At the current trajectory, emissions from commercial air travel have been predicted by the United Nations aviation body to triple by 2050. It is for this reason that many governments -
