UK to launch international coalition of states at COP26 to press for greater ambition on aviation climate targets

The UK is to unveil the International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition during COP26, which will call on ICAO member states to adopt a long-term goal at next year’s ICAO Assembly. Around 15 countries are believed to have already agreed to join, including the United States. “Aviation emissions are an inherently global issue in need of coordinated global action and that’s never been more urgent than it is now as we prepare to host COP26 in Glasgow,” UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told a UK airports industry conference. He said the UK wanted to bring together a broad and diverse coalition of states to work towards the delivery of a net zero by 2050 target. COP26 will host a number of aviation-related government and industry events, with a particular focus on Transport Day on November 10. Speaking in Beijing, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for targets set by ICAO and its shipping counterpart IMO to be radically strengthened in line with Paris goals, which he said were currently consistent with more than 3C of global warming. [...]

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