By Istvan Bart, Climate Director
Last week, Virgin Atlantic became the first commercial airline to fly across the Atlantic ocean using 100% sustainable aviation fuels , demonstrating the incredible potential of clean, alternative fuels for flight. We need more planes flying on SAF, because if aviation were a country, it would be one of the world’s top 10 sources of greenhouse gas pollution.
That’s why I’m so excited about an innovative new tool that EDF is launching today at COP28 with RMI and the Sustainable Aviation Buyers’ Alliance — a registry that supports corporations working to reduce their aviation footprints by purchasing sustainable aviation fuel certificates, or SAFc, with a consistent, transparent and verifiable record to enable credible climate disclosure. SAFc is a critical tool to connect aviation customers with SAF producers who need fresh investments to scale…
Read the full article originally published at blogs.edf.org.