Top-10 risks affecting aviation decarbonization progress.
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Expectations are high for a year of climate action in 2025 to ensure the ICAO's decarbonization vision for 2030 can be achieved.
During the last quarter of 2024, the World Economic Forum surveyed the views of around 30 C-suite executives from the aviation community. Despite headwinds last year – including SAF plant closures, scrapped projects and delays in policy guidance and incentives – executives were cautiously optimistic. More than two-thirds of respondents were confident that the momentum for aviation decarbonization will continue in 2025, with a minority voicing neutral or negative expectations for the year ahead (see Figure 2). Industry leaders flagged some developments as particularly promising: – The second half of 2024 saw notable breakthroughs in technology development and investment, with significant capital raised by SAF start-ups. – SAF production doubled from 2023 to 2024 and is expected to double again in 2025. – After several election cycles across the globe, more administrations are introducing new SAF policies or strengthening existing policies – the new government in the United Kingdom...