LondonFlying could reach 80% of UK emissions.
Net zero depends on removing carbon aviation cannot yet avoid emitting.
Other sectors are decarbonizing while jet fuel has no scaled substitute, so flying’s carbon share keeps rising.
Ministers face a Heathrow expansion decision by 2029 that would add 2.4 million tonnes of CO2.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief leans critical
- projects aviation as 80% of UK's 2050 carbon after all other sectors cut emissions
Sources: Carbon Brief