These are some of the measures with which aviationón continues to reduce its environmental impact in a growing industry.
Given the environmental problems that the planet faces, especially because of climate changeático, the industry toérea search día a díto actions that help reduce their impact.
overall impact
ICAO data indicate that between the 2% al 3% of CO2 emissions worldwide are generated by industryérea, although other contaminants were not measured in the study.
Although in comparisonón al más of the 54% of global emissions are attributable to buses and ground transportation, the aviationón seeks to continue reducing its emissions within social responsibility, what for this 2020 hope to have reduced 50% the ípollution indexón in comparisonón with him 2005.
Taking into account that the tráGlobal passenger traffic doubles every 15 años, the actions to be carried out are increasinglyás important and críethics in order to care for the environment.
Aviationón reduces its environmental impact
Thanks to a talk on the World Megatrends of the industry for prówe go toñthose who say días atrás organized by Quiport S.A, this publicationón tomó another turn and starté to investigateás in detail, dárealizing that I shouldn'títo focus only on what the aerosolíthey do, but in the actions that the entire industry carries outía a día.
since to beíto very long list all the measurements of for example that each aerolínea performs as its own actions, We will focus on some of the más important and innovative in the industry:
- Biofuel: the use of plant-based fuel or recycled oils continues to grow, generating a reductionón de emissionón CO2 up to 50% per flight secún type of engine, avión and demolished. These materials are made from organic waste.áunique in the agricultural industryícola or plants specialized in the generationón of this type of fuel. Aerolíneas como United, KLM, Interjet, Alaska Airlines, SpiceJet and others have slowly started to implement it, while studies of their performance continue to advanceñO.
- Carbon neutral airports: a growing trend is that airports «absorb» the emissions generated by the entire operation processón airport with carbon bonds or carrying out actions such as reforestationón, cars theéelectric, eco-efficient lighting.
- Recycling: when you fly and the cabin crew pick up your waste, Surely you noticed that they go in a bag withún, independent of the type of garbage. Are youí like now más aerolíNeas how Iberia isán processing this waste generating más de 2.250 tons of recycled material.
- New materials on board: aerolíCompanies like Air France have incorporated plant-based cutlery on their flights, what generates organic wasteánico and demás, reduces the weight of the aircraft, that alsoén is a factor that reduces fuel consumption.
- Airplanes más efficient: the main source of aviation pollutionóthey are not airplanes, despite the fact thatño a añor technologyíto improvement, having generated from 2005 a reductionón of the 50% in emissions. New winglet, better components and engines are the manufacturers' bet to continue reducing as is alsoéIn the case of KLM that seeks the development of its own aircraftón Flying V.
- Procedures of the future: new technologyíto alsoédoes not apply to navigationón aérea, generating procedures by satélite máshort s, direct and safe, which allows greater fuel savings by reducing pollution.ón emissions and even, noise.
Measures against climate changesátics generated in aviationócan'tístill seen as not very significant, but despite that, no less important, más aún when even some airports in the world areístill at risk as sea levels are expected to rise 15 centímeters in the prówe moan 10 añbone y of 1 a 2 meters to the 2100.
Flight shame
We can call it as a new trend, but it has had a negative impact with a decrease close to 5% of the núgroup of passengers flown during the 2019 in the paíScandinavian countries like Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Is «requireüstart to fly» tiene la intendión to change the áscope of consumption by other less polluting means of transport such as trains,éctrics that areí are found in paíare developed like those mentioned.
With the idea to stop flying, so that people's carbon footprint is smaller and promoted by environmentalists has generated intense debates in the world and especially in these countries.íses on polluting emissions from airplanes, más aún when there are other alternative means of transport.
¿Whaté What do you think about the impact and measures of the industryéarea against climate changeático?
