Aviation now contributes a greater share of total UK emissions than the entire electricity supply sector, putting future climate change targets at risk, a report has found.
The Climate Change Committee (CCC), which acts as an advisory body to the government, said that domestic emissions have now fallen by more than half (50.4%) compared with 1990 levels.
The pace of reduction has more than doubled since the introduction of the Climate Change Act in 2008. But progress to date has been primarily driven by decarbonisation of the electricity system, with renewables replacing both coal and, increasingly, gas.
Aviation is a much more difficult sector to abate emissions from and consumers have embraced more frequent air travel in recent years. Due to these factors, the sector now contributes more carbon emissions domestically than electricity production, the CCC said in a report.
The share of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a proportion of all jet fuel used in UK aviation has increased from...
