Translations:Climate change mitigation/108/en

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Jet airliners contribute to climate change by emitting carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, contrails and particulates. Their radiative forcing is estimated at 1.3–1.4 that of CO
2
alone, excluding induced cirrus cloud. In 2018, global commercial operations generated 2.4% of all CO
2
emissions.