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UCL Centre for Sustainable Aviation works with the aviation and space industry to drive near-term decarbonisation via operational and technological changes improving performance and supporting people.
What will the UCL Centre for Sustainable Aviation do?
The UCL Centre for Sustainable Aviation will address the urgent need for sustainability in aviation across three domains: environmental, financial, and mental health. Operating through partnerships across the whole aviation value chain, it aims to support and enable industry transformation to protect the planet.
While many institutions focus on breakthrough technologies which will not be ready for market for decades, the CSA will focus on using existing technologies and systems to make aviation more sustainable now and in the near future.
The existing university research landscape is heavily focused on the development of nascent breakthrough technologies that might be rolled out from 2040 onwards. Fewer institutions are focused on what can be done in the short term to realise real emission savings by mixing existing technologies, capabilities, and systems into more sustainable aviation practices.
Under UCL’s Climate Crisis Grand Challenge, sustainable aviation is a key theme that recognises the significance of decarbonising transport, the importance of building internal capacity to address the challenge, the value of collaborating with sector-leading partners and the urgent need to act now.
By strategically combining partnerships, education, innovation, research, and influence, CSA will lead the evolution towards sustainable aviation.
The Centre will be based in the UCL Department of Geography and involve experts from world-leading departments across the University.
To achieve its goals, CSA will focus on three key levers for change: Cutting-Edge Research and Insight, User-Centred Innovation, and High-Impact Education.
Partnerships
The UCL Centre for Sustainable Aviation will work with key industry partners, such as international airlines, airports and the aviation manufacturing industry.