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Does flying cost the Earth?
Can technology help make planes greener?
Source: easyJet
The aviation industry has set ambitious targets to help tackle the problem that flying poses for climate change. By 2020 it wants new planes to have halved the amount of CO2 they emit and cut other climate-changing gases - such as nitrogen oxides - by up to 80%.
There are lots of different ideas to help planes cut emissions, from making aircraft lighter, more aerodynamic and more energy efficient, to using greener fuels.
Discover the technologies which might tackle the problem
Future flying game
Can technology keep up with rising passenger numbers? And which hi-tech changes will we see on the runway first?
What the scientists are up to
Antenna has been behind the scenes at the world's top aircraft engineering labs to find out about some of the most exciting technologies in development.