Airbus - 2022 Universal Registration Document

1. Information on the Company’s Activities / 1.2 Non-Financial Information

Aviation Industry Targets The efforts of the aviation sector to reduce its environmental footprint started decades ago, with significant achievements to report. Since the 1990s, the sector has improved significantly the fuel and CO 2 efficiency of subsequent generations of aircraft, thereby reducing CO 2 emissions per revenue passenger kilometre by more than 50% (according to ATAG). In 2009, the aviation sector was the first to agree at sectoral level on ambitious CO 2 emission reduction goals through ATAG by committing to an aspirational goal of reducing net emissions from aviation by 50% by 2050 compared to 2005 levels. In September 2021, ATAG updated its ambition and commitment with the 2021 edition of the “ATAG Waypoint 2050” report to reflect the industry’s increased ambition to achieve “net-zero carbon emissions” by 2050 and contribute to the Paris Agreement goals. Along with the revised ambition, ATAG provided several scenarios with ranges of improvement for each mitigation option (technology and design improvements, operational and ATM enhancements, SAF (drop in) and hydrogen (non drop-in) solutions, and market-based measures including ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction

Scheme). In the most ambitious scenario, a reduction of up to 40% of CO 2 emissions can be achieved through technological developments, as illustrated by the graph. In Europe, the EU Green Deal creates conditions and opportunities for the Company and the European aviation industry to accelerate the transition. The Company supports the ambition to reach a net-zero carbon aviation ecosystem in Europe by 2050, and will contribute to the EU’s “2030 Climate Target Plan”. At the international level, in October 2022, ICAO member states adopted a long-term aspirational goal (LTAG) that sets the objective of net zero carbon emissions in 2050 for international civil aviation operations. This paves the way for the transformation of the aviation sector on a level playing field and will accelerate the development of mitigation measures such as fleet renewal, aircraft and engine technologies, alternative energy sources such as SAF or green hydrogen, and the optimisation of the operational practices and air traffic management enhancements. The Company fully supports this international achievement.

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