Towards low-carbon air travel for future generations
At Airbus, we believe meaningful reductions in carbon emissions are within reach. To deliver on our decarbonisation strategy, we have the ambition to develop our first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft by 2035 to ensure future generations can enjoy flying as much as we do.
Aviation has given us the possibility to explore all four corners of our planet. To connect with friends and to meet new ones – anywhere. To feel the thrill of seeing our world from 30,000 feet.
Today, we know our love of air travel also comes at a cost: the aviation industry represents over 2% of global man-made CO2 emissions.
At Airbus, we are committed to leading the decarbonisation of the aerospace sector. This includes reducing the CO2 emissions of our aircraft, helicopters, satellites and launch vehicles, as well as our industrial environmental footprint at sites worldwide and throughout our supply chain. To this end, we are contributing to meet key industry-wide environmental performance targets. We are working to deliver on our ambition to bring our first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft to market by 2035.
As we work to achieve our ambition, we are also continuously enhancing our company-wide product and services portfolio to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Airbus aligns with global and binding decarbonisation programmes, in addition to other market-based measures, to help cap the aviation industry’s CO2 emissions. We support and contribute to the industry-wide ambition to implement global market-based measures for the aviation industry.
The aviation industry, including Airbus, has committed to an industry-wide decarbonisation movement that includes the following key targets:
To achieve these ambitious targets, we fully understand that we cannot move forward alone. This is why we align our climate action plan to a variety of industry-wide environmental principles and targets driven by organisations in which Airbus plays a leading role.
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