The Aviation Impact Accelerator is a global initiative jointly led by the University of Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory and Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), bringing together experts from across the sector and beyond to accelerate the transition to climate-neutral aviation. Our mission is to develop evidence-based tools and insights to allow decision makers to map, understand and embark on the pathways towards sustainable flight.

The Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) was born out of a series of roundtables convened by His Majesty King Charles III, in early 2020, at the Whittle Laboratory and Clarence House. These roundtables, part of His Majesty’s Sustainable Markets Initiative, brought together aviation business leaders, policymakers and academics. The discussions highlighted the necessity for multi-disciplinary efforts to tackle the climate impact of aviation.


There is no silver bullet as aviation targets net zero. The AIA develops evidence-based tools that provide decision makers in Government, industry and civil society with the insight necessary to map, understand, and embark on the pathways towards sustainable aviation.

The AIA operates in a range of small, agile, cross-disciplinary teams looking at multiple aspects of the system including fuels, aircraft, propulsion technologies, airports, non-CO2 emissions, economics, and policy. The AIA has assembled a team of over 100 global experts from academia, industry and policy who actively contribute to the insights and tools produced by the group.

The AIA has developed the world’s leading holistic system models for mapping net-zero aviation pathways providing insight across the industry and influencing policy formation. The dynamic nature of AIA tools and the team’s inclusive facilitation approach allows stakeholders to test assumptions, understand the uncertainty and assess the system-wide effects of different levers.

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Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA)

Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA)'s headquarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom

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