Airbus and LATAM Airlines funds MIT study exploring regional aviation decarbonization
The study, entitled “Options for Decarbonizing Aviation in Latin America in a sustainable way: an assessment of carbon policies, carbon prices and fuel consumption in aviation up to 2050,” will provide a comprehensive analysis of scenarios for the deployment of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) up to the year 2050, and explore pathways related to low-carbon hydrogen, direct air capture, and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. Additionally, it will evaluate the use of incentives, carbon taxes and carbon offsets, among other quantifiable policy instruments, to compensate emissions in aviation.
MIT Joint Program investigators aim to publish results of the study in April 2024. Their analysis will include actionable recommendations for Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru on pathways for decarbonizing the aerospace sector.
An integrated team of natural and social scientists that studies complex interactions among co-evolving, interconnected global systems, the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change produces comprehensive global and regional change projections under different environmental, economic and policy scenarios. These projections enable decision-makers in the public and private sectors to better assess impacts, and the associated costs and benefits of potential courses of action.
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