Airline Emissions ‘Far Higher Than Previous Estimates’
Posted May 8th, 2008
Independent.co.uk
Airline emissions ‘far higher than previous estimates’
By Cahal Milmo
Tuesday, 6 May 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/airline-emissions-far-higher-than-previous-estimates-821598.html
The aviation industry’s failure to curb its soaring carbon emissions
could lead to the “worst case scenario” for climate change, as
envisaged by the United Nations.
An unpublished study by the world’s leading experts has revealed that
airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere than estimates suggest, with total emissions set to reach
between 1.2 billion and 1.5 billion tonnes annually by 2025.
