Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Policy Status Report

Abstract

This report presents recommendations to promote the production and deployment of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), which can replace conventional, fossil aviation fuel to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from aircraft. The insights come from discussions in the ITF’s Decarbonising Aviation Common Interest Group, an expert forum on SAF policies bringing together government and industry representatives. The group was established in 2021 under the ITF’s Transport Decarbonisation: Driving Implementation (DT Implement) programme and is chaired by Norway and Sweden. The group met four times in 2021/2 to discuss strategies for the accelerated expansion of SAF production and use. In addition to insights from these meetings, the report draws on a stocktake of existing policy frameworks to promote SAF in aviation