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(EU ETS) Directive, for instance, educates policymakers and automotive industry, they are
introduces specific requirements opinion leaders about business doing fantastic work.”
for SAF uptake but excludes aviation’s many societal ben-
book and claim purchases from efits, including the industry’s While hybrid, electric and hydro-
meeting EU ETS obligations. essential role in supporting jobs gen fuel cell propulsion offer
However, the ReFuelEU man- and economic activity, con- tremendous potential in the
date does allow a ‘lite book and necting communities, helping future, those technologies aren’t
claim’ to be used to fulfill fuel businesses succeed, providing feasible for long distance flights
supplier obligations. humanitarian lift and leading today, or easily retrofittable to
the way in aviation sustainabil- current designs.
Patrick Hansen, CEO of ity through innovation, on the
Luxaviation, said he has been ground and in the air. Fortunately, SAF derived from
seeing a demand from cus- renewable feedstocks can yield
tomers to use SAF, but it’s not By joining as a formal member, real and sizable benefits right
always available, especially at EBAA is uniquely positioned now.
small hub airports. to ensure the initiative is fit for
purpose in the complex regula- Bertrand Piccard, aviator,
“That’s why a credible book-and- tory and cultural landscape of explorer, psychiatrist and envi-
claim system is vital,” he added. Europe. ronmentalist, said: “We have to
care for the climate. We have
Independent verification of SAF NBAA President Bolen said: to care for pollution.”
book and claim transactions “Business aviation is a diverse
is essential to bolstering trust but global industry, with a unified The industry must “be com-
and accountability within the commitment in all parts of the pletely open” to all options to find
supply chain. Oversight through world to achieve our net-zero the best way forward, he said.
audited SAF registries offers sustainability aims...The industry “We have to envisage everything
a transparent mechanism for is united in its comprehensive and then we decide which path
tracking transactions, enhanc- focus on developing carbon-cut- to take.”
ing stakeholder confidence, ting technologies that will build
and facilitating more informed on its record of slashing carbon During the interaction, Piccard
decision-making. emissions by 40 per cent in just also talked about a new
four decades.
However, Kennedy Ricci, pres- zero-emission aircraft powered
by liquid hydrogen. If all goes
ident of sustainable solutions Albeit, stemming aviation as planned, Piccard aims to use
provider 4AIR, said, “The regu- carbon emissions may not seem this new airplane to circle the
latory environment we’re seeing important, as globally the entire earth again in 2028.
on the SAF side and sustainabil- industry represents only 2 per
ity in general is unprecedented. cent of all emissions. And for
And while there’s an increase in business aviation specifically, For Piccard, the aircraft rep-
where SAF is offered, it’s still not the figure is even less--0.04 per resents more than a step
widespread.” cent. forward in technology. It also is
meant to send a message.
The EBAA recently joined an “It sounds small, but the
international coalition of leading growth rate of aviation is “This plane is about showing
aviation organizations in sup- fantastic,” said Qinyin Zhang, that activism against aviation
porting the advocacy initiative who works on electric power- is the wrong way,” Piccard said.
focused on advancing the indus- plant development for commuter “We need to show what can
try’s bold commitment to reach aircraft at Rolls-Royce. “Global be done, even if people think
net-zero carbon emissions by aviation will double every 20 it is impossible. Today the
2050. years [and] the ratio of aviation dream has to be to fly cleaner.
carbon emission will increase by The next pioneers of aviation
CLIMBING. FAST. is a multi-me- this factor. We still need to catch will be the ones who show the
dia advocacy initiative that up [with] other industries like the way.”
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