Identifying Emerging Challenges and Priorities for Aviation Decarbonization

Decarbonization of the aviation sector has emerged as a global concern because the sector contributes 2%-3% to total global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, it is critical for us to understand the associated emerging challenges. We determine key research priorities for achieving effective and equitable net-zero aviation by examining journalistic reports from a research perspective. Furthermore, we adopt this approach because journalistic reports frequently shed light on emerging energy economics, policy and sustainability issues before they are thoroughly examined in the scholarly literature.1 Specifically, we first derive overarching themes by summarizing and categorizing the wide-ranging scope of recent media investigations of aviation decarbonization.

Rubal Dua

Fellow Rubal is a research fellow at KAPSARC focused on understanding consumer decision making, in particular, consumer choice of energy-efficient technologies… Rubal is a research fellow at KAPSARC focused on understanding consumer decision making, in particular, consumer choice of energy-efficient technologies and mobility options under alternative technology and policy scenarios. Before joining KAPSARC, Rubal gained a Ph.D. at KAUST designing advanced carbon materials for energy and environmental applications, with a particular focus on energy storage, carbon capture, waste-water treatment, and hydrogen generation via solar water splitting. Prior to that, he worked at the University of Pennsylvania on a semiconductor industry-funded project, developing a continuum modeling framework for simulating the physics of micro defect formation in silicon crystals.

Expertise

Behavorial decision science
Consumer adoption
Energy-efficient mobility and shared autonomous mobility-on-demand

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Energy Price Reform to Mitigate Transportation Carbon Emissions in Oil-Rich Economies

Decarbonization of the aviation sector has emerged as a global concern because the sector contributes…

2nd April 2024

Consumer Preferences for Ride-Hailing: The Barriers to an Autonomous, Shared, and Electric Future

Decarbonization of the aviation sector has emerged as a global concern because the sector contributes…

28th March 2024

Andres Felipe Guzman

Fellow Andres is a transport research fellow with over 22 years of experience in transportation. His research focuses on transportation demand…

Andres is a transport research fellow with over 22 years of experience in transportation. His research focuses on transportation demand planning, the macroeconomic impact of transportation policies, multi-regional input-output models, hybrid integrated models for transport, and demand and supply models of energy and transportation systems. Before joining KAPSARC, he was an associate professor and visiting lecturer in the Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, Universidad de Los Andes, and Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. He was also a researcher in the Transportation Research Center (TRANSyT) at the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. He has also worked on many transportation projects as a senior transportation consultant for public and private companies, at Bogota’s District Secretary Planning Office and the Bogota Metro Line 1 project with the China Harbour Engineering Company.

Andres holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria in Colombia. He also has an M.Sc. in Complex Transport Infrastructure Systems from the MIT Portugal Program (Lisbon) and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Systems - Transportation from Madrid's Technical University in Spain.

Expertise

Transport Demand Modeling
Aviation Transport
Impact Assessment of Transport Policies
Sustainable Transport
Transport Economics and Energy Assessments

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