The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA), an international industry academia partnership based at the University of Cambridge, have announced a collaboration to accelerate the aviation sector’s transition to net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
The two organisations will assess the financial implications of reaching aviation’s 2050 net-zero CO2 goal. Building upon existing work, this collaboration will support the development of scenario-based tools to help airlines analyse and evaluate different decarbonisation pathways.
The purpose of this collaboration is to support better-informed decisions by airlines and policy-makers in the transition to net zero. The collaboration will set a solid foundation for IATA and AIA to develop a wider, long term partnership.
AIA is an international group of experts drawing on a broad range of expertise convened by the University of Cambridge. Its aim is to accelerate the journey to sustainable aviation by developing evidence based tools that allow people to understand, map and embark on the pathways towards sustainable flight. Over the last three years, a world class network of experts has been assembled and the underlying system modelling capability developed.
As part of the future collaboration, AIA and IATA also aim to collaborate on the future development of IATA’s Recommended Practice Per-Passenger CO2 Calculation Methodology, amongst other areas of work. Used in combination with verified airline operational data, the methodology provides the most accurate calculation results and transparency to everyone interested in understanding the carbon footprint from flying activity, said a release.