Researchers find that a federal climate policy would lower total U.S. emissions, but without large reductions in the aviation sector.
Aviation is one of the fastest-growing industries worldwide, and with this growth comes a rise in greenhouse gas emissions. An economy-wide cap-and-trade policy would decrease carbon emissions for all U.S. industries, including the aviation sector. However, researchers from MIT recently found that such a policy would cause only a moderate decrease in aviation-related emissions by 2050. They released their results in a report, “The impast of climate policy on U.S. aviation”.
Read more about the report in this MIT News article byAllison Crimmins of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.