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Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Can they meet 2050 climate goals?

Date

January 9, 2025 • 12:00 AM – 1:00 AM

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Much of the research and policy conversation about the future of “sustainable aviation fuels” has been funded by the aviation industry. This webinar features independent researchers who receive no aviation industry support.

Topics & Panelists:

• The Science of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs): Types of SAFs, their stages of development, their promise and limitations

– Neil Rasmussen, MIT

• Crop-based biofuels and their implications for land use and resources – Dan Lashof, World Resources Institute

• Sustainable Aviation Fuel as a Policy Question: What are the trade-offs? – Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies

Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies, Program on Equality;

Sierra Club Massachusetts; Massachusetts Climate Action Network;

Mass Power Forward; Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere; Center for Biological Diversity.

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