Aircraft's carbon footprint

As you all know by now, our journeys produce greenhouse gas emissions. The environmental impact of flying is in itself very significant, as the combustion of kerosene in aircraft engines emits large quantities of carbon dioxide, which accumulate in the atmosphere and make a major contribution to global warming. That's why it's important for all of us to be aware of our impact. 

The idea here is not to point the finger at air travel, because for many destinations it remains the most accessible mode of transport, but rather to be able to provide you with the information you need to better measure the effects of air travel. At a time when you are increasingly aware of the consequences of your choices for our planet, we would like to support you in this approach by helping you to compare the weight of the environmental impact of air travel according to the destination. 

Find below the list of countries in which our partner universities are located and the environmental impact in Kg CO2e required to reach this destination:

Methodology :

Obviously, it is extremely complicated to be 100% accurate about greenhouse gas emissions from point A to point B, for the simple reason that there are a multitude of possible combinations for making the connection. Nor is it our ambition to present you with absolute values, as they may differ depending on the sources and what is actually taken into account in the calculation.

The aim here is simply to give you an order of magnitude of the Kg CO2e (rounded for easier reading) emitted by a plane from Paris to the capital of the country in question. Where there are significant differences in values due to the size of certain countries, we propose a figure for each major region where our partners are located.

For the source, we have based ourselves on the reference site Impact CO2, which in turn is based on information from ADEME, the French government-backed agency for ecological transition.