Clean Aviation for a Competitive Green Recovery in Europe
, heard on 22 April 2021.
Axel Krein is the Executive Director of Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking.
The path ahead is a major challenge, but if we take an ambitious, moon-shot approach, and leverage the required huge research and development efforts, then I believe we can achieve our goal of climate neutrality in aviation by 2050.
The European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, brought a hopeful message with her as she addressed the audience. She recognised that “we are faced with a formidable challenge” but said that “recovery is a primary focus; and this recovery is an opportunity to shape the future of the aviation sector. It is clear that a much more radical path must be taken. If we want to reach climate neutrality by 2050 we have to start now with the technology developments for carbon-neutral aircraft.”
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On 23 February 2021, the European Commission announced its proposal for 10 future European Partnerships, with a European Partnership for Clean Aviation amongst them.
These partnerships combine public and private funding to speed up the transition towards a green, climate neutral and digital Europe, and will make European industry more resilient and competitive. All in all, the EU will invest €10 billion in the partnerships, which will then be matched by industry.
The European Partnership for Clean Aviation will build on the work done to date by the Clean Sky and Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertakings, pursuing innovative and impactful research to ensure climate neutrality by 2050. The goal is to minimise the aviation sector’s environmental impact, as part of the European Green Recovery priority of the European Union.