Send us a text Can smarter flight paths help save the climate? In this episode of Hamburg Aviation Green, we explore why adjusting routes by just a few kilometres could massively cut climate heating effects of aviation – and why this isn’t happening yet. Together with Alexander Lau from the Institute of Air Transport at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), we dig into the science behind contrails, climate effects, and the barriers to change. One line that stuck with us: “Innovation isn’t always...
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Send us a text Can smarter flight paths help save the climate? In this episode of Hamburg Aviation Green, we explore why adjusting routes by just a few kilometres could massively cut climate heating effects of aviation – and why this isn’t happening yet. Together with Alexander Lau from the Institute of Air Transport at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), we dig into the science behind contrails, climate effects, and the barriers to change. One line that stuck with us: “Innovation isn’t always...
Life Cycle Assessments: A key to a greener future?
Hamburg Aviation Green
29 minutes
2 years ago
Life Cycle Assessments: A key to a greener future?
Send us a text In February 2023, the Brazilian government sank a retired aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean. Scrapping the rusting hulk in the usual way had became difficult and prohibitively costly, the Brazilian government decided, in part because hazardous materials like asbestos used in the boat's construction had pushed up disposal costs. The episode is an extreme example of a common problem: how can designers of large, complex machines take into account the overall environmental im...
Hamburg Aviation Green
Send us a text Can smarter flight paths help save the climate? In this episode of Hamburg Aviation Green, we explore why adjusting routes by just a few kilometres could massively cut climate heating effects of aviation – and why this isn’t happening yet. Together with Alexander Lau from the Institute of Air Transport at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), we dig into the science behind contrails, climate effects, and the barriers to change. One line that stuck with us: “Innovation isn’t always...
