doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2023.14.2.1418
Towards a Refined and Open Model for Calculating Flight Specific Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Nabila Iken*
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- The Treep, Paris, France
- Manuscript receivedApril 1, 2022
- revisedMay 25, 2022
- acceptedJuly 6, 2022
Abstract
There are many tools available for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aviation. However, not all of them are transparent about their methodological choices and not all of them are relevant for certain purposes (e.g., comparison between different flights with the same origin-destination). In this paper, we propose an improved and open protocol (<em>The Treep</em> protocol), based on the improvement of existing protocols (principally <em>myclimate</em> protocol). In <em>The Treep</em> method, we replace the generic parameters in <em>myclimate</em> formula with aircraft or flight specific parameters and rely on more recent recommendations for the consideration of non-CO<sub>2</sub> effects. The results show the relevance of greater granularity in GHG emissions calculations, and the variability of these results depending on the flight and the aircraft, among others.
Keywords
- Greenhouse gas (GHG)
- aircraft
- myclimate
- The Treep
How to Cite
Nabila Iken and François-Xavier Aguessy, "Towards a Refined and Open Model for Calculating Flight Specific Greenhouse Gas Emissions," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 74-82, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2023.14.2.1418
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