El tráfico aéreo y el cambio climático

Climate change experts from the Tyndall Climate Research Centre in Britain have said urgent action is needed to curb the rapid growth in air travel if the government is to meet its commitments on tackling global warming.

This report from Stephen Evans:

Falling ticket prices and rising incomes are leading to rapid growth in global air travel. According to the British government, the number of British air passengers, for example, will more than double in the next quarter of a century. Increases of such an order would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and aviation fuel may be more harmful to the environment than other fuels because the resulting smoke is emitted at high altitudes.

A group of scientists at the environmental research group, the Tyndall Centre, says that if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging emissions, other uses of fuel like for heating homes or driving cars would have to be cut dramatically.

The British government wants the use of aviation fuel covered by international agreement on the environment. The difficulty for any individual government is that taxing fuel used at its own airports might push airlines to move their operations to competing airports in other countries.

falling ticket prices and rising incomes
La bajada del precio de los billetes y el crecimiento de los sueldos

rapid growth in global air travel
aumento rápido del tráfico aéreo global

more than double in the next quarter of a century
aumentará más que el doble en el próximo cuarto de siglo

aviation fuel
combustible aéreo

emitted at high altitudes
descargadas a grandes alturas

environmental research group
grupo de investigación medioambiental

overall target
el objetivo final

damaging emissions
emisiones dañinas

cut dramatically
reducir drásticamente

move their operations
mudar sus negocios