News / Aviation must cut emissions further and faster, says Shell, as it ups SAF production

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Aviation’s emissions targets are insufficiently ambitious, while the industry itself is stalling with a “wait-and-see” approach, according to a new report by Deloitte, on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell, which claimed “paralysis” in the industry.

However, the oil company has pledged to produce 2.2m tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) each year by 2025, with at least 10% of its aviation fuel sales as SAF by 2030.

But 2.2m tonnes is something of a drop in the ocean – in 2019, commercial ...