Climate Changed
European Airlines Hone Plan to Tackle Public Backlash Over Emissions
- Combination of offsets, biofuels seen as key to CO2 challenge
- Carriers seek to bridge gap to hybrid airliners in 2030s
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Europe’s airlines are coalescing around a two-pronged response to a public backlash over carbon emissions.
Carriers initially plan to extend the use of offsets like tree planting to compensate for greenhouse-gas output while also embracing sustainable biofuels, executives from companies including Deutsche Lufthansa AG, EasyJet Plc and IAG SA’s British Airways arm said at a conference in Berlin.