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PLANET | SUSTAINABLE AVIATION

Flying the flag for sustainable aviation fuel

WRITTEN BY : SCOTT BIRCH

Sustainable Aviation Fuel ( SAF ) can help reduce soaring aviation emissions . Three experts discuss the pluses , potential and pitfalls of the technology

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64 January 2023 sure as night follows day , every COP climate change event is accompanied by a lambasting of the aviation industry . Global leaders congregate , and inevitably that means arriving by aircraft for the vast majority – as it does for attendees .
COP27 , held just two months ago in Egypt , was no exception , with claims by the Egyptian aviation authorities that 400 private jets landed in the first few days of the conference .