CNBC and TotalEnergies: “A Runway to More Sustainable Aviation”

RFF Fellow Nafisa Lohawala shares her perspectives on sustainable aviation fuel in this post and podcast.

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Aug. 1, 2025

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CNBC

“The industry is responsible for about 3.5 percent of our climate impacts, and that proportion will only increase as demand for flights is set to double from 2019 levels by 2050. ‘That, combined with the fact that airline lifespans are pretty long, means that you need to take good decisions today so they can help in the future,’ says Nafisa Lohawala, a Fellow at Resources for the Future.”

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