Stef Proost from KU Leuven and Robert Malina from Hasselt University discuss with Achim I. Czerny (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) a topic that has been brought up during last year's European Aviation Conference hosted by the University of Antwerp. Stef highlights that the EU greenhouse gas emissions are capped by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Robert identifies a realization gap in terms of the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) needed to fulfill the SAF quota imposed by the ReFuelEU Aviation policy. The discussion in this podcast sheds light on the environmental impact of (possibly) missing the SAF quota in the presence of the EU ETS. We also talk about about Carrots (US policy) versus Sticks (EU policy) which had been a big topic in two past podcasts. Please check the following videos for more information:

The EU approach towards decarbonizing aviation: https://youtu.be/dBpk0Hfcmzg

The US SAF Grand Challenge: https://youtu.be/PpsPlKeujcE