easyJet has been revealed as one of the best airlines trying to cut its carbon emissions in a bid to tackle climate change .
A report from the London School of Economics compared 20 airlines' carbon emissions and found that easyJet consistently produced the lowest carbon emissions per kilometer traveled by a passenger from 2014-2017.
In fact, the budget carrier is also currently set to offer the lowest carbon emissions of the surveyed airlines well into 2020 and 2022.
Other companies also making strides included Alaska Air, Southwest, Qantas and LATAM.
Meanwhile, airlines such as ANA Group, Japan Airlines, Korean Air and Singapore Airlines currently produce the highest amounts of carbon emissions of the list of 20.
It's no secret that air travel isn't environmentally friendly.
In fact, the report claims that at the moment the aviation industry accounts for two per cent of the global carbon emissions, as well as 12 per cent of transport-related emissions.
In fact, some of the airlines' long-term targets currently seem to fall short of the Paris Agreement goal which is looking to limit global warming to below 2°C.
The research came from the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), backed by investors including the Environment Agency Pension Fund and BNP Paribas.
Faith Ward, Co-chair of the TPI on behalf of the Environment Agency Pension Fund, part of the Brunel Pension Partnership, said: "Investors have a clear message to the aviation sector: When it comes to carbon performance they must be in it for the long haul.
"That means setting stretching emissions reduction targets to 2030 and beyond, and ending a reliance on offsetting. It’s clear from TPI’s research that this is not currently the case.”
"Offsetting is no substitute for a clear strategy to reduce emissions, and the IEA’s carbon budget for air transport excludes the use of offsets.
"The aviation sector is doing the basics when it comes to carbon performance, but investors are urging them to take more significant steps as they judge which airlines are most likely to survive the turbulence of the transition to a low carbon economy."