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T-1A3-A-3 - Aviation spirit passenger air transport

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in TBD.

Sustainability Category: Red

Red

This activity significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and undermines climate mitigation efforts. The activity should be phased out or fundamentally transformed, with financing directed toward decommissioning, replacement with sustainable alternatives, or radical decarbonization where elimination is not immediately feasible.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation options modelled as transition elements:

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

WORK:
combustion
(kwh)
OPERATIONS:
(kwh)
energy_intensity_aviation_spirit_air_transportation
(kwh/person_km)
stock_aviation_spirit_air_transport
EMISSIONS
STOCK
RESOURCE:
aviation_spirit
(kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
emission_factor_aviation_spirit_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description
emission_factor_aviation_spirit_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor aviation spirit
energy_intensity_aviation_spirit_air_transportation kwh_person_km Energy intensity air passenger transportation aviation spirit
stock_aviation_spirit_air_transport person_km Stock of passenger aviation spirit air transportation operations
stock_growth_aviation_spirit_air_transport person_km_percapita Growth of passenger aviation spirit air transportation operations

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_aviation_spirit_air_transport
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_aviation_spirit_air_transport
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/person_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_aviation_spirit_air_transportation
  input:
  - resource: aviation_spirit
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_aviation_spirit_kwh_to_co2e