7 oct 2023

IEA Aviation and shipping (5% of cumulative emissions reductions)

This 2023 update to our Net Zero Roadmap surveys the complex and dynamic energy landscape and sets out an updated pathway to net-zero by 2050, taking account of the key developments that have occurred since 2021.

Bioenergy, hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels ramp up from less than 1% of energy consumed today in shipping and aviation to almost 15% in 2030 and 80% by 2050. Also, important to decarbonise these transport modes are energy efficiency improvements in shipping to 2030 and behaviour-driven demand reduction in aviation to 2050.