Aviation and the environment

Sustainable aviation, aviation noise, greenhouse gas emissions.

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Services

• Submit RTFO and SAF Mandate chain of custody evidence

  Use this form to record how feedstock has been processed into fuel and its journey to the UK duty point.

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Guidance and regulation

• Transport decarbonisation plan
  • Guidance
  • 12 January 2023
  • Department for Transport
• RTFO and SAF Mandate feedstock materials used for creating low carbon fuels
  • Guidance
  • 22 December 2021
  • Department for Transport
• RTFO and SAF Mandate technical information
  • Guidance
  • 19 December 2024
  • Department for Transport
• SAF Mandate compliance
  • Guidance
  • 19 December 2024
  • Department for Transport
• About the SAF Mandate
  • Guidance
  • 19 December 2024
  • Department for Transport

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News and communications

• Passengers to enjoy greener air travel as UK backs sustainable fuel production
  • 3 March 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• Transport and growth update: airport expansion and transition to greener aviation
  • 29 January 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Greener flights ahead for UK aviation
  • 1 January 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• UK sets out next steps to help decarbonise aviation sector
  • 16 December 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• Revamped taskforce set to deliver a sustainable vision for aviation
  • 25 November 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Decarbonising general aviation
  • 18 May 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Developing a UK sustainable aviation fuel industry
  • 17 April 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Independent report
• Decarbonising transport: one-year-on review
  • 14 July 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Impacts of carbon pricing on the UK aviation sector
  • 25 March 2022
  • Department for Business and Trade, Department for Transport, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Research
• Jet zero: modelling framework
  • 21 March 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• SAF revenue certainty mechanism: approach to industry funding
  • 3 March 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 31 March 2025
• Implementing the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
  • 7 February 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 24 February 2025
• Sustainable aviation fuels revenue certainty mechanism: revenue certainty options
  • 29 January 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 20 June 2024
• Enforcement and sanctions policy updates to include UK ETS and CORSIA
  • 12 December 2024
  • Environment Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 16 July 2024
• Airport capacity and expansion: a government update
  • 30 January 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Tees Valley hydrogen transport hub: successful bidders
  • 21 March 2024
  • Department for Transport and Innovate UK
  • Transparency
• Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition
  • 6 December 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• Total greenhouse gas emissions from transport
  • 26 February 2015
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Department for Business & Trade
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• Ministry of Defence

• Defence Equipment and Support

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• Environment Agency