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Slide Airfreight & Environment PDF
Slide Airfreight & Environment PDF
INTRODUCTION
Airway mode of transportation always been used because it is efficient, fast and high security.
Air transportation used to transport or deliver some time sensitive cargo such as perishable goods and
also dangerous goods.
Carbon taxes: tax based on greenhouse gas emissions generated from burning fuels
pays for the negative externalities ; implement at Sweden
Carbon labelling: labelling manufactured products and food with their contributions to climate changed
Current Carbon Trust label require that reduction in carbon to keep the label
Carbon offsetting: reduction in emission of carbon dioxide of greenhouse gases made to compensate or to offset
an emission made elsewhere
The further that goods has travelled, the more energy is consumed, the more greenhouse gases are produced and
released to the environment and the greater the impact of the environment which will
Air freight also contribute to contrails. The net effect of these contrails is to trap heat that would otherwise
escape from the Earth, which