Aviation emissions make a significant contribution to global warming and global warming is back at the top of the political agenda. Currently, traffic is rapidly returning to the pre-covid levels and annual growth rates of 4% to 5% are expected in the near term. There will be increased pressure to reduce emissions and this could put the industry at risk.

Government emphasis is on carbon dioxide. However, this delivers less than half of aviation’s total environmental impact and it appears to be very difficult to reduce this in the short term. By far the largest contribution comes from contrail and contrail-induced cirrus cloud and yet this has received hardly any attention. Why is this?

The lecture will describe how aviation affects the environment and how, with targeted action, very significant improvements, even reductions, in environmental impact could be made in the short term with no new technology and very little cost.

About the Speaker.

Professor Ian Poll OBE FREng FCGI Hon FAIAA FRAeS

Ian Poll is Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Cranfield University and CEO of Poll AeroSciences Ltd.

He has worked in both in academia and industry and has over 50 years experience in aeronautics. In addition, he has served on a number of Government Advisory Committees. He was Chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council to MoD (2011-14) and a member of the Home Office Scientific Advisory Committee and the Natural Environment Research Council (2014-18).

 A Council Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2004-07) and a Council Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society (1996-2010), he was the RAeS’ 74^th  President (2001) and President of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (2008-10).

An Honorary Fellow of the AIAA and ICAS, a Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute of London (2004), the Royal Academy of Engineering (1996) and the Royal Aeronautical Society (1987), he was awarded the OBE in 2002.

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