Qantas pledges to slash emissions to counter climate change

CANBERRA: Qantas Airways pledged on Monday to slash its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, which it said would make it only the second airline to do so, as a global push to combat climate change gathered momentum.

"We're effectively doubling our carbon offsetting program from today and we're capping our net emissions across Qantas and Jetstar from 2020 so that all new flying will be carbon neutral," Joyce said.READ: Qantas completes world's longest nonstop flight from New York to Sydney Air France and British Airways last month said they would offset all emissions on their domestic flights from 2020.

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Qantas pledges to slash emissions as number of environmentally-conscious travellers growsSYDNEY (REUTERS) - Qantas Airways pledged on Monday (Nov 11) to slash its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, which it said would make it only the second airline to do so, as a global push to combat climate change gathered momentum.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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