FUTURED. ZAL Magazin 2025

IMPULSES & OUTLOOK
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HAMBURG UPDATES
GREEN AVIATION
ROADMAP
Hamburg is at the forefront of transforming
the aviation industry, aiming to make air
travel climate-neutral by 2050. With its updated
Green Aviation Technology Roadmap,
Hamburg is leading the charge in reducing
aviation emissions and promoting green
technologies. An updated roadmap, a revision
of the original 2020 document, outlines a
comprehensive approach to achieving significant
sustainability milestones in aviation.
aviation, fully aligned with the objectives of
the European Green Deal. The partnership focuses
on identifying key areas of research and
innovation where Hamburg will concentrate
its efforts, ensuring targeted advancements in
sustainable aviation technologies.
The Hamburg-CA JU joint strategic roadmap is
integrated in this update of the Green Aviation
Technology Roadmap.
Find out more
about Clean Aviation.
The foundation for this roadmap update was
laid last year in 2024 with the signing of a
Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between
the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and
the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (CA JU), a
private-public partnership and leading EU research
and innovation program for sustainable
and climate-neutral aviation. Through
this agreement, both parties committed to a
joint strategic roadmap for achieving net-zero
KEY AREAS
The updated roadmap is fully aligned with
CA JU’s Strategic Research and Innovation
Agenda (SRIA) that was revised in 2024. Building
on previous research performed, it aims
for a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions from regional-range and short-tomedium
range (SMR) aircraft. It prioritizes
three key technological pillars (also covering
areas going beyond CA JU’s scope):