Course correction: How the aviation industry needs to re-navigate its flight path to net zero

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Course correction: How the aviation industry needs to re-navigate its flight path to net zero

With legal action targeting the government's Jet Zero strategy and a new analysis suggesting the aviation industry is off course to meet Paris Agreement goals, pressure is mounting on airlines to revamp their decarbonisation plans

Pressure is continuing to mount on the aviation industry to strengthen the credibility of its net zero, after new research highlighted how the sector remains badly off course if it is to deliver on the...

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