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October 22nd 2020

Climate change and flying: what share of global CO2 emissions come from aviation?

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Hannah Ritchie
Flying is a highly controversial topic in climate debates. It accounts for around 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, but 3.5% when we take non-CO₂ impacts on climate into account.

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Climate Global environmental issues Environmental impact Societal collapse Greenhouse gas Natural environment Atmosphere Energy Climate variability and change Climate forcing Climate change Greenhouse gas emissions Carbon dioxide Radiative forcing Greenhouse effect Nature Environmental issues with fossil fuels Human impact on the environment Earth sciences Low-carbon economy Environmental issues Contrail Chemistry Future problems Greenhouse gases Human activities Gases Air pollution Change Applied and interdisciplinary physics

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NERC 1 NSF (Special project, May 2022) 1 UKRI (Special project, May 2022) 1 H2020_REST (Special project, May 2022) 1 H2020_REST_ThirdPillar (Special project, May 2022) 1 H2020 Environment 1 Norges Forskningsråd 1 National Science Foundation 1 Department of Transport, UK Government 1 Natural Environment Research Council 1 H2020 Health 1 Medical Research Council 1

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