Flyrejser har et endnu dårligere miljøregnskab, end man hidtil har troet.
Flickr foto af Francis Larrede.
Avisen Independent skriver i dag, at flyindustriens CO2-udledninger er langt værre end hidtil forventet. Independent har fået fat i tallene fra en ikke-offentliggjort rapport, der dokumenterer, at flyindustriens forventede udledninger matcher eller overstiger det værst tænkelige scenarie i FN’s klimapanel.
Rapporten er udarbejdet af et konsortie støttet af fire landes regeringer, og tallene blev fremlagt på en konference med USA’s Federal Aviation Authority som medarrangør.
Et citat fra artiklen i Independent:
CO2 will rise from its current level of 670 million tonnes to up to 1.48 billion tonnes by 2025. This exceeds the previous estimate, made in 2004, of 1.03 billion tonnes by 2025. The growth in aviation CO2 means that the highest forecast for aviation emissions produced by the International Panel on Climate Change will be met or exceeded.
The aviation industry, which is exempt from the Kyoto protocol on reducing greenhouse gases, claims the introduction of new technology over the next 25 years means that the contribution of flying to global CO2 emissions will rise from 2 per cent of the total to 5 per cent by 2050. Critics claim the true figure will be much higher because it does not include the CO2 reductions being made elsewhere.
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