Sustainable Aviation Intelligence

30 Apr 2026

SAVi Five: IMO reopens Net Zero Framework talks, EU Hydrogen mechanism completes first round, and more…

Member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) this week resumed talks on the creation of a globally amb...

21 Nov 2025

SAVi Five: COP30 latest, CAeS pivots away from BN-2 aircraft conversion, and more…

The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) continued in Brazil this week with some notable developments for aviation,...

14 Nov 2025

SAVi Five: EU Parliament backs narrower CSRD scope, Taxonomy consultation, COP30 latest, and more…

The European Parliament this week adopted a negotiating position on the Omnibus I simplification, backing a change in CS...

7 Nov 2025

SAVi Five: Aviation priorities ahead of COP30, EU STIP latest reaction, and more…

With merely days to go until COP30 in Brazil, aviation stakeholders are preparing for a frantic few weeks of climate dis...

22 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: COP29 nears conclusion, US state SAF policy scorecard, and more…

Climate talks at COP29 in Baku continued late into Friday night, as developing countries and environmentalists reacted t...

15 Nov 2024

SAVi Five: COP29 gets underway, turning point for EU jet fuel tax proposal, and more…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres joined calls this week in favour of applying climate solidary levies to polluting ...

21 Jun 2024

SAVi Five: ‘Green PSOs’ to prop clean-tech aircraft, EU could yield to IATA on non-CO2 MRV scope, and more…

European Public Service Obligations (PSO) operations can nudge bidding operators to use fuel-efficient aircraft and the ...

9 Feb 2024

SAVi Five: EU sets 90% by 2040 emissions cut target, Avolon evaluates clean tech, Shanghai Taxonomy, and more…

The European Commission has recommended a 90% net greenhouse gas EU emissions reduction by 2040 compared to 1990 levels,...

15 Dec 2023

SAVi Five: COP28 ends with snag for CORSIA and coalition for aviation levies, and more…

This update’s key stories include outcomes for aviation at COP28, and IATA’s latest SAF estimates for 2023 and 2024, and...

8 Dec 2023

SAVi Five: Singapore adds aviation to new Taxonomy, CDB Aviation’s sust-linked loan, and more…

Key stories include Singapore’s newly-launched sustainable finance Taxonomy (which contains criteria for zero-emission a...

1 Dec 2023

SAVi Five: Virgin’s 100% SAF flight milestone, COP28 expectations, and more

This update’s key stories include Virgin Atlantic’s historic 100% SAF commercial transatlantic flight – both a major mil...

30 Jun 2023

SAVi Five: Macron calls for global aviation levy, UK climate report slams aviation growth, and more…

This week's highlights include new calls by European leaders for a levy on global aviation to raise cash for a developin...

24 Nov 2022

EU pushes aviation levies to pay for new COP27 landmark fund

The EU has pushed for a “broad donor base” including highly polluting sectors like aviation to pay for COP27's landmark ...

16 Nov 2021

COP26 leaves vague aviation targets and VIP flight shaming

The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, ended last week with climate pledges by nations for aviation...