Modelling transition scenarios is a major challenge in evaluating decarbonisation strategies and proposing sectoral roadmaps. The aim of this workshop will be to use the AeroMAPS framework, a dedicated open-source research code, to simulate and evaluate illustrative scenarios. General results will be obtained concerning the most effective mitigation strategies, achievable environmental...
This talk presents a modular scenario framework to assess aviation’s transition to climate neutrality, capturing interactions between demand, aircraft technologies, energy supply, fleet dynamics, and climate impacts.
Three pathways—SAF-led, hydrogen-led, and efficiency-driven—are compared, highlighting substantial investment needs, cost trade-offs, and the role of more efficient aircraft in...
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a scientific method to evaluate the total environmental impact of a product, process, or service. The approach includes resource use and emissions from raw material extraction, through manufacturing, use, and final disposal/recycling. It is an essential methodology to assess the full environmental impact of current and future technologies in aviation. This...
This presentation covers the basics from fundamentals of thrust generation in propeller drives and gas turbines to current development trends and challenges.
Based on fundamental design principles, the specific advantages and disadvantages of technologies, as well as the limits of what is feasible, will be highlighted and discussed. In addition to the propulsor as a thrust-generating...
Competition between airlines affects their choices of networks and fleet, the itineraries and prices they offer, and how these respond to policy. Consequently, modelling airline behaviour can give insights into the effectiveness of different policy options and the potential markets for new aircraft technologies. This talk discusses factors that affect airline competition and how they can be...
Research examines how psychological and behavioral variables influence the acceptance of green innovations in contexts where environmental responsibility conflicts with established consumption practices. It highlights the role of values and air travel behavior in shaping individuals’ willingness to support sustainable technologies, extending existing research beyond purely economic or...
This presentation explores how open data and open-source tools can help evaluate and reduce aviation climate impact. We introduce OpenSky data for flight tracking, aircraft performance models for emission estimation, and methods for predicting contrail formation using meteorological data. Finally, we demonstrate how these resources enable trajectory optimization for flight planning that...
The presentation covers why humans travel, and which implications in particular social media and travel influencers have for transport demand. Turning to a global climate justice perspective, the lecture then discusses distributions of global air travel, before turning to the question as to whether air transport demand is genuine or induced, and whether there are options to reduce emissions...
This presentation explores aviation as a case study in contemporary sustainability governance. Focusing on the decarbonization of a hard-to-abate and highly internationalized sector, it examines how scientific knowledge, international diplomacy, regulation, market mechanisms, and industrial policy interact to shape the transition toward sustainable aviation. The lecture analyses the role of...
Aviation contributes to climate change by changing the composition of the atmosphere. Current aircraft engines emit carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, and also emit several non-CO2 compounds that impact climate. The perturbation of atmospheric chemistry by aviation emissions of nitrogen oxides and the formation of contrails are two examples of non-CO2 effects, which are currently much...
