Identifying Emerging Challenges and Priorities for Aviation Decarbonization

  • Program Transportation & Infrastructure Transportation & Infrastructure
  • Type Report
  • Date 18 March 2024
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Abstract

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. Specifically, we first derive overarching themes by summarizing and categorizing the wide-ranging scope of recent media investigations of aviation decarbonization.

Authors

Rubal Dua

Rubal Dua

Principal Fellow- Transportation & Infrastructure Rubal is a principal fellow at KAPSARC focused on understanding consumer decision making, in particular, consumer choice of energy-efficient technologies…

Rubal is a principal 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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Andres Felipe Guzman

Andres Felipe Guzman

Senior Fellow- Transportation & Infrastructure Andres is a transport senior fellow with over 22 years of experience in transportation. His research focuses on transportation demand…

Andres is a transport senior 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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Prateek Bansal

Prateek Bansal

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