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The Sustainable Skies World Summit 2026 reinforced a shared commitment across government and industry, turning ambition into tangible action and with UK Government and industry announcing measurable progress toward a net zero aviation future.

With a strong focus on delivery, the two-day event convened industry stakeholders, policymakers and sustainability advocates to address the sector’s most pressing challenges. Throughout the summit, there was a clear emphasis on practical implementation, with experts addressing immediate regulatory and operational requirements, SAF market realities, finance and investment support, carbon offsets and removals, non-CO2, accelerating the deployment of next-generation technologies, hydrogen aviation and identifying investment pathways to scale sustainable aviation solutions.

A major highlight of the summit was the UK Government’s update on its Jet Zero strategy. Keir Mather MP, Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation, launched the Jet Zero Taskforce’s first annual report, outlining significant steps forward in decarbonising air travel. Central to this progress is the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate, introduced in January 2025. The mandate requires fuel suppliers to blend SAF starting at 2%, increasing to 10% by 2030, providing a clear, long-term signal to accelerate production and adoption. The Government also detailed its Revenue Certainty Mechanism, designed to unlock private investment, alongside £63 million awarded through the Advanced Fuels Fund in 2025.

Complementing these developments, Sustainable Aviation announced a £2 million “Advanced Market Signal” initiative aimed at scaling the greenhouse gas removal (GGR) market. Through this initiative, industry members have committed to purchasing carbon removal credits, supporting the development of a market expected to require 20–30 million tonnes of removals annually by 2050.

Matt Ridley, Director of Sustainability and Innovation, Oneworld: “We as a sector are so important to the global economy. We’ve got to find a way of having less of an impact on the environment. So, Sustainable Skies is an important, inspiring opportunity to meet other people from other parts of the sector, and I’ve been really encouraged to see how sustainability is represented and [meet the] people thinking about a more sustainable future for aviation in Farnborough.”

Through a comprehensive programme of keynotes, panel discussions and workshops, the summit provided a platform to showcase progress to date while aligning on the priorities and targets that will shape the future of global aviation.

The first wave of speakers has been announced for the next instalment of Sustainable Skies World Summit (SSWS), taking place 17–18 March 2026. The conference-led event organised by Farnborough International returns to bring together the global aviation community and lead the transformation toward a more sustainable industry.

This edition will deliver an informative programme of expert speakers with sessions addressing the most crucial challenges facing aviation today. For 2026, the summit is placing a strong emphasis on practical implementation, immediate regulatory and operational requirements, scaling next-generation technologies, and investment pathways for sustainable aviation.

Among the confirmed speakers for the 2026 summit are:

Programme highlights include Busting the Myth: SAF Market Realities in 2026, a fact-led panel examining near-term SAF supply, global market dynamics, and what airlines can realistically procure between 2026 and 2027. Recognising that finance is critical to progress, investment also features prominently, with Overcoming Obstacles to Progress: Building Investable Business Cases for Sustainability bringing together investors, CFOs, and industry leaders to explore how capital can be unlocked through viable, finance-ready pathways, including risk allocation, blended finance structures, and value-stacking models.

Discussing the programme, Duncan McCourt, Chief Executive, Sustainable Aviation, said: “As the industry faces mounting pressure to meet net zero targets, this year’s discussions will assess collective progress since 2021 and issue a clear call to action for the coordinated policy, investment, and system-wide transformation required before 2030. The agenda places a firm emphasis on practical delivery, moving beyond ambition to implementation by addressing regulatory readiness for upcoming mandates, the scalable availability of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), and Next Generation Technologies.”

Sustainable Skies World Summit 2026 provides a platform for collaboration, innovation, and concrete action toward achieving the industry’s NetZero goals. Industry stakeholders, policymakers, and sustainability advocates will convene for two days at the award-winning Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in the UK to engage in important discussions and establish the direction for the next decade of aviation transformation.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is only one of the many solutions that can be put in place to support the aviation industry’s journey to Net Zero, but the decarbonisation of the entire ecosystem is the only way to move forward with impact, international industry professionals have agreed at Sustainable Skies World Summit 2025.

The summit, which took place 14-15 May 2025, featured over 90 speakers on the agenda, a 110% Y-O-Y increase, and welcomed over 1,300 attendees across the international industry, to discuss strategic insights, practical solutions, and the high-level collaboration needed to shape a net-zero future.

Across the two-day event, speakers discussed the ‘significant choices’ the industry must ensure they invest in the right solutions, but the continued lack of wider infrastructure and the geopolitical uncertainty is slowing down the process of decision making. Organised by Farnborough International, the event hosted a Jet Zero Council working group meeting, attended by the Minister for Industry Sarah Jones MP, to discuss the efforts to deliver net zero and zero emission aviation through UK production of zero-emission flights and SAF.

New for 2025, the show developed a Careers Fair, designed to support students prepare for their future careers and provide an opportunity for the aerospace industry to directly engage with students that are interested in a career within the sector. In addition, following industry feedback, interactive workshops were held to focus on tackling aviation’s most pressing challenges and exploring opportunities to shape a more sustainable future in a collaborative, hands-on format.

Sponsor of the event and speaker Cesar Pereira, Head of Sustainability for Commercial Aviation at Embraer, said: “There is no one silver bullet to solve the decarbonisation of the industry by 2050. We need to advance on all fronts – from policies, regulations, and financing to technology and aircraft design. As an OEM, we need to be involved in those discussions, and being at a place like the Sustainable Skies World Summit is a great opportunity for us to discuss with other industry players and stakeholders. We can get a lot of results from being present here, talking to people, and knowing what’s going on in the market.”

Discussing the success of the fourth instalment of the event, Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International: “At Farnborough International, we are proud to have convened the international aviation ecosystem yet again at the Sustainable Skies World Summit. We have seen an 46% increase in attendance this year, highlighting the growing demand for a show that focuses on the entire ecosystem, from the future workforce to international c-suite-level. Decisions and progress need to be made need to be made in decarbonising the sector.”

Organised with the support of ADS Group, British Aviation Group and Sustainable Aviation Coalition as founding partners, the event was supported by the likes of Exolum, RAeS, Zaffra, Otto Aviation, 1point5, ICF, Alaska Airlines, ATI, Embraer, Air League and Willis Lease.

Sustainable Skies World Summit, organised by Farnborough International in collaboration with Sustainable Aviation, is returning to the aerospace industry’s calendar 15-16 May 2024.

Building on the resounding success of the last edition, Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024 will see representation from the global aerospace, energy, manufacturing, finance and investment sectors, alongside regulators, academia and government departments, come together for two days of networking, demonstrations and insight sharing.

Bringing regulators and policy makers together to accelerate global standards from all corners of the world, the programme has been designed to stimulate collaboration and enable industry pioneers to leave with tangible outcomes to reach net zero targets by focusing on five key topics: sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon removal, zero emissions, operation efficiency and future of flight.

The conference and technology showcase will display the latest developments in sustainable aviation technology and provide a forum to discuss how industry is moving in earnest from goal setting to implementation of its net zero strategies.

An opportunity to showcase sustainable activities and discuss implantable strategies, the opening of the 2023 event was marked with a flypast from RAF Voyager ‘Vespina’ powered by a SAF blend, after it conducted an air-to-air refuelling sortie supplying SAF blend to other RAF aircraft, and the Jet Zero Council convened at Farnborough International for its 8th meeting.

Attendees of the two-day show will be able to take advantage of a wealth of unparalleled networking opportunities, including the highly successful Business Connections Exchange and Welcome Reception.

Taking place 17-18 April 2023, the Sustainable Skies World Summit organised by Farnborough International, in partnership with the Sustainable Aviation Coalition, will showcase the latest developments in sustainable aviation technology and provide a forum to discuss how industry can move in earnest from goal setting to implementation of its net zero strategies. The event will also highlight opportunities for the next generation of engineers and young people who will make jet zero a reality and address the future workforce challenge.

This will be no ordinary conference as alongside the aviation and aerospace industry the event will welcome the wider aviation ecosystem including technology innovators, academia, investors and regulators to Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre for two days of demonstrations, high-level keynotes and organised meetings with industry and government, designed to stimulate collaboration, promote the role of the future workforce and demonstrate the technology that is beginning to deliver meaningful progress this decade.

The event will build on the work of the UK Jet Zero Council and its strategy framework launched at Farnborough International Airshow in July 2022, and which set out a vision for the delivery of net zero UK aviation emissions by 2050.

Commenting on the second instalment of the Sustainable Skies World Summit, Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International, said: “Over the last 12 months, we have worked incredibly hard to become a progressive catalyst for industry innovation and insight. Following the Aerospace Global Forum that took place at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow and the subsequent ICAO work, where global governments committed to net zero aviation, the Sustainable Skies World Summit will move discussions to a demonstration on how industry is making jet zero a reality today. We look forward to working with the Sustainable Aviation Coalition again and welcoming the leaders in the industry and the wider eco-system to Farnborough International to generate positive change.”

Matt Gorman, Chair of Sustainable Aviation, said: “We are thrilled to be supporting the Sustainable Skies World Summit once again, focussing on the ways in which the aviation industry is taking meaningful and exciting steps forward to address the sustainability challenge today, the challenges to be overcome and the exciting opportunities for tomorrow’s engineers, pilots and innovators to lead this transformation as the Jet Zero Generation”.

The inaugural Sustainable Skies World Summit (SSWS) highlighted the aerospace optimism to meet Net Zero targets by 2050, but only if rapid developments can be made with global policies and technology innovations are efficiently scaled.

The two-day event organised by Farnborough International, in partnership with Sustainable Aviation UK, International Airlines Group, ADS and British Aviation Group, delved deep into the industry’s actions, strategies and goals in decarbonising the global industry. From implementing international roadmaps and utilising Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to the execution of hydrogen and hybrid engines.

During his opening speech, Robert Courts MP, Aviation Minister, said “The skies above our heads have been the stage on which so much history has played out, but the skies would not reveal to the naked eye the looming threat posed by climate change. In the spirit of all those innovators who continue to shape the world of aviation, it is right that we tackle the next challenge here. To limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, we must reach net zero global emissions by around the middle of the century. This means we need to halve global emissions in this decade, so the urgency of our response to this challenge could not be greater.”

Carolina Martinoli, Chief People, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, IAG, stressed the importance of working with governments to implement the right policies: “We are working to secure SAF for the future; however, we urgently need the right policies in place to deliver investors some certainty and ensure that the fuel can be scaled efficiency and purchased at a competitive price. Aviation isn’t a sector easily de-carbonised, so we need to ensure we take the right steps in achieving it.”

Laia Barbara, Sustainable Aviation Community Lead, World Economic Forum, added: “The industry is committed to reducing aviation emissions, and there are new technologies being developed – we just now need to ensure these developments are made available to the wider industry.”

On the first day of the summit, Shell Aviation signed the Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel declaration, committing to promote the acceleration of the development, production, and consumption of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Shell follows in the footsteps of Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Safran and Singapore Airlines who became signatories earlier this year at the Singapore Airshow.

Hosted at Farnborough International’s world-class Exhibition & Conference Centre 5-6 April, the event welcomed more than 50 international speakers across the two-day programme.

We are proud to launch a brand-new sustainable aviation event, Sustainable Skies World Summit, which will take place in January 2022.

Created and hosted by Farnborough International in partnership with Sustainable Aviation, the Sustainable Skies World Summit will take place 25-26 January 2022 at Farnborough International’s world-class Exhibition & Conference Centre.

As the first large-scale event of its kind in the UK, the summit will support the Sustainable Aviation coalition’s agenda, which sets out to collectively achieve a cleaner, quieter, and smarter future for the industry.

Following closely on from the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda, the Sustainable Skies World Summit will cement the UK’s position as a leader within the global aviation industry, spearheading pioneering innovations, conversations and building connections.

The industry-leading programme has been designed to challenge the perspective of the aviation industry; bringing to light the difficult conversations for sector leaders, discussing opportunities to accelerate the transition to net zero aviation and reviewing and tackling the outcomes from COP26.

Gareth Rogers, CEO of Farnborough International, said: “I am thrilled we have partnered with the trailblazing team at Sustainable Aviation to develop and host the largest sustainable aviation event in the UK. Sustainable Aviation shares our vision to host the world’s best global sustainability aerospace event; tackling the important topics, stimulating collaboration between leading innovators, and pioneering the next steps to a cleaner, more efficient trade.”

Adam Morton, Chair of Sustainable Aviation, said: “This new, ground-breaking summit at Farnborough International embodies the same spirit of industry collaboration and innovation that is at the heart of Sustainable Aviation.  The decarbonisation of aviation is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and we look forward to coming together in January to address the critical topics and big questions around net zero aviation, as well as help drive forward progress on delivering both local and global solutions over this next critical decade.”