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Airbus Doubles Down on Aviation Decarbonization Commitment

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Bertrand Piccard and Julie Kitcher at Airbus Summit — Bertrand Piccard (left) founder and chair of the Solar Impulse Foundation and Airbus chief sustainability officer Julie Kitcher address the Airbus Summit in Toulouse. © AIN

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

March 24, 2025

Political and economic turmoil has not dented Airbus’ commitment to decarbonizing aviation, according to the European aerospace and defense group’s chief sustainability officer, Julie Kitcher. Addressing the opening of this year’s Airbus Summit on Monday, she told journalists that the company and its partners are not discouraged by the apparent enormity of the task it will take for aviation to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050.

“In 2024, global temperatures exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and yet [the case for] decarbonization is now being challenged [by some critics],” Kitcher said. “Climate change is both a financial and a business risk and so we are committed to the net zero goal. Our partners and also policymakers have made wide-ranging commitments, and with innovation, technology is on track to achieve progress towards these goals.”

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