London — Rolls-Royce Holdings CEO Warren East warned that the aviation industry faces a damaging backlash from the public and regulators if its fails to step up efforts to slash carbon emissions.

Aggressive targets for cutting aviation’s carbon dioxide footprint that seemed sufficient a decade ago are no longer enough, East said at an event in London...

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