We want to highlight a pertinent podcast that is a great resource for information on aviation’s impact on the climate and the ongoing work to mitigate and eliminate that impact. Aerospace Ambition provides a platform for some of the leaders in aviation research to share their findings and offer insights into the innovations currently being developed throughout the industry.
Since the podcast’s inception at the end of December 2023, Marius and Kieran have hosted an array of guests representing pioneering businesses, governing bodies, research institutions, NGOs, and air traffic services from across Europe. All of whom are passionate about making aviation more sustainable and addressing the effect that persistent contrails and other non-CO2 components have on the environment. More than just sounding the alarm, these speakers are discussing the solutions being trialed and implemented as well as the exciting technology that will be vital in achieving aviation’s ambitious goals.
Although they cover a variety of subject matter, what is truly distinct and impressive about this podcast is that they always circle their discussions back to the non-CO2 effects of aviation with a focus on contrails. This is an encouraging leap in raising awareness around the full impact that contrails have on the climate.
With each episode, they take the complexities of mitigating aviation’s effect on the environment and break them down in a way that anyone can understand. As Kieran put it in their first episode, “[w]e need to make it a priority to communicate these concepts in a more simplified manner, a less academic manner.” 1 This resonates with us at End the Lines, as public awareness is one of the best ways to drive change in any industry.
Aerospace Ambition has been an excellent tool for keeping up to date on the latest contrail research and the efforts to make real-time contrail management a practicality. We have learned a lot from this podcast and look forward to the insights to be gleaned from future episodes.
[1] AAmbition with Finlay Asher | Aerospace Ambition Episode 1 – How Aviation Can Avoid a Climate Crash