The Magic Triangle of the New Normal

whitePaper | August 31, 2022

This report outlines a holistic view of pathways to a sustainable aviation ecosystem, focusing on low-net-carbon aircraft energy carriers (fuels), airport ecosystems (airports and bases), and developments in sustainable aircraft components (aircraft). Taking this holistic ecosystem perspective, we identify critical components that contribute to sustainable energy solutions necessary to achieve deep decarbonization of the aviation industry, as well as the integrated energy system interfaces that must be comprehensively understood, planned for, and realized. Further, we outline necessary R&D needs to achieve sustainability across the aviation ecosystem, including advancing breakthrough innovations to rapidly achieve scalable solutions, with attention to their cross-sectoral dependencies and implications.

whitePaper | August 1, 2022

The aviation industry is well on it’s way to recovery following the devastating impact of the Covid -19 pandemic. Following a catastrophic few years for the industry, Cirium expects global passenger numbers to grow by 47 per cent in 2022, matching volumes last seen in 2015.

whitePaper | June 3, 2023

The Aircraft Technology Roadmap highlights requirements for aircraft to be powered by SAF or conventional aviation fuel, hydrogen, or batteries. Each track on the Technology Roadmap is dedicated to a specific type of energy and the technologies needed to enable its use.

whitePaper | June 16, 2022

In this paper we show that there are some important and urgent challenges to decarbonizing aviation.

whitePaper | September 1, 2022

It is time to reinvent ourselves. We have reached or exceeded several limits, such as the limit on the availability of natural resources, the limit on healthy human-nature interaction, and the limit on the generation of wealth decoupled from consumption and conscious production. The Anthropocene Epoch, marked by the extraordinary growth of our population and constant economic growth, has resulted in unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss, carbon accumulation in the atmosphere, and drastic changes to our climate.

whitePaper | October 19, 2022

In this paper we show that there are some important and urgent challenges to decarbonizing aviation. Emissions from the aviation industry in 2019 were 1.06Gt, accounting for 2% of annual global CO2 emissions. That number is set to increase to 2.05Gt in 2050