ECAC monthly familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment
2 March 2022 — The potential climate effects of aviation’s non-CO2 emissions was the topic addressed at the eighth monthly ECAC familiarisation webinar on basic knowledge on aviation and the environment. EASA presented the outcome of its study summarising the science of the non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation, and potential policy mitigation measures. Contrails, or vapour trails sometimes generated by the plane’s exhaust, are identified as one of the potential non-CO2 climate warming factors.
Two types of policy actions were addressed: the Netherlands presented the work it is developing on the potential of sustainable aviation fuels, and EUROCONTROL presented its work on the contrail prevention live trials they performed in 2021. Over 60 participants from 26 ECAC Member States and two organisations joined this webinar. The next event will be on 6 April 2022 and it will address mitigating non-CO2 emissions through air traffic management.