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    Transport & Environment’s (T&E) vision is a zero-emission mobility system that is affordable and has minimal impacts on our health, climate and environment. Created over 30 years ago, we have shaped some of Europe’s most important environmental laws. We got the EU to set the world’s most ambitious CO2 standards for cars and trucks but
  • 2021-05-01

    Private jets: can the super rich supercharge zero-emission aviation?

    A 2021 study by Transport & Environment found that private jets are 5 to 14 times more polluting per passenger than commercial aircraft, and 50 times more polluting than trains, with European private jet CO2 emissions rising 31% between 2005 and 2019. Just 1% of people are responsible for 50% of global aviation emissions, with private jets disproportionately used for very short trips under 500km where aircraft are least fuel-efficient. The report calls for urgent decarbonization policies targeting the private jet sector, noting that high-speed train alternatives already exist on the majority of the most popular private jet routes.