COVID 19 means CORSIA emission targets hit by 2030

The impact of the precipitous decline in passenger numbers due to COVID 19 is likely to be permanent and means the aviation sector could meet the 2050 CORSIA emissions reduction goal as early as 2030, according to Helane Becker, analyst at Cowen. The first phase of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is due to come into force in 2024 and it was intended that ICAO-administered scheme would reach its target of a reduction in net aviation C02 emissions of 50% by 2050, relative to 2005 levels mainly via carbon offsetting. But according to Becker passenger numbers are expected