Climate Change Mitigation Potentials of Carbon Labels in the Aviation Industry
Baumeister, S. (2018). Climate Change Mitigation Potentials of Carbon Labels in the Aviation Industry. In E. Busch (Ed.), Carbon Sequestration and Emissions : Methods, Concerns and Challenges (pp. Chapter 3). Nova Science Publishers.
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This chapter discusses the climate change mitigation potentials of carbon labels in the aviation
industry. As this study shows, there are significant differences in the environmental
performance of individual flights, even when operated on the same route or by the same airline.
Selecting one flight over another can significantly reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of a
single air passenger. Nevertheless, the currently available measures, such as carbon calculators,
are not capable of presenting these differences, leaving air passengers with no means of
comparing individual flights. Therefore, the use of carbon labels could be highly beneficial
because it would give air passengers the opportunity to easily compare the carbon dioxide
emissions of individual flights at the time of booking. By making better informed choices, air
passengers could not only reduce their own individual carbon dioxide emissions but could also
send a strong signal to the airlines. This could motivate airlines to improve their environmental
performance, which could be made more visible through carbon labels.
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