Wed, Oct 14, 2009
190 Member States Agreed To A "Comprehensive Program Of
Action"
The Air Transport Association of
America (ATA) Tuesday commended the 190 Member States of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for confirming a
comprehensive Program of Action at last week’s High Level
Meeting on Climate Change.
“As the quintessential global industry, aviation needs to
continue its significant progress in fuel and greenhouse gas
efficiency under an international framework,” said ATA
President and CEO James C. May. “The ICAO States confirmed
that they are prepared to provide such a framework, with key
elements agreed at last week’s High Level Meeting and a plan
for developing and agreeing further elements in the next
year.”
ATA had joined the International Air Transport Association
(IATA), Airports Council International, Civil Air Navigation
Services Organization and International Coordinating Council of
Aerospace Industries Associations in putting forth a proposal for a
global sectoral approach to aviation and climate change, including
three collective and sequential targets:
- Improving fuel (and CO2) efficiency by an average of 1.5
percent annually to 2020.
- Making the growth of the industry’s emissions carbon
neutral from 2020.
- Achieving a goal for a 50 percent net reduction in carbon
emissions by 2050, compared to 2005.
The industry proposal also urged
adoption of a policy framework necessary for these targets,
including having governments move forward with modernization of air
traffic control systems – the Next Generation Air
Transportation System program in the United States – and
investments in research and development and sustainable alternative
aviation fuels (see the aviation industry submission to the ICAO
High Level Meeting and the ATA climate change policy).
“While stopping short of adopting the comprehensive set of
proposals forwarded by the aviation industry, the ICAO Member
States laid the groundwork for them, by endorsing continuing fuel
efficiency improvements as the backbone for aviation emissions
management, agreeing that additional goals – such as
carbon-neutral growth in the medium term – need to be
considered, and prompting States to invest in technology,
infrastructure and sustainable alternative aviation fuels,”
said May. “We urge the ICAO States to build on this
foundation over the next year, to fully endorse a global sectoral
approach to aviation and climate change.”
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