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DfT launches new Jet Zero Taskforce to advance sustainable aviation

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Published on: 25 November 2024

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LNB News 25/11/2024

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Issue Date: 25 November 2024

Published Date: 25 November 2024

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a new Jet Zero Taskforce to accelerate the transition to sustainable aviation. Building on the efforts of the previous Jet Zero Council, this Taskforce seeks to facilitate the production and delivery of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and zero emission flights, improve the efficiency of aviation systems, and explore the sector’s demand for greenhouse gas removals and the non-CO2 impacts of aviation, such as vapour trails. On 22 November 2024, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024, SI 2024/1187, was signed into law, requiring an increasing amount of SAF in overall jet fuel, effective from 1 January 2025. It also creates a SAF obligation scheme, requiring 22% of all jet fuel to be sourced sustainably by 2024. The Taskforce is scheduled to meet on 4 December 2024.

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