Author(s) |
Catherine Galano Patrice GEOFFRON Kévin Guittet Nicolas Paulissen |
Publication type | Synthesis |
Breakfast debate October, 19th 2023
Air travel accounts for 4% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector and 1.2% of French emissions. For short-haul flights, the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) estimates that GHG emissions per passenger-km represent 0.2 kg of CO2, making air travel a highly polluting mode of transport.