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Will ICAO States at last deliver a meaningful global agreement on mitigating international aviation emissions?

02/09/2013



Later this month the triennial ICAO Assembly will address mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international air transport for the sixth time since the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the fifth time since the publication of the IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere, and the third time since the Kyoto Protocol came into force. The not inconsiderable technological and operational improvements over the past 16 years since its adoption have proved nowhere near sufficient to reduce aviation emissions in absolute terms – or even to maintain them at current levels – but ICAO States have been unable to achieve consensus on the additional mitigation measures necessary. Can we finally expect a comprehensive global agreement to realise Kyoto’s “through ICAO” mandate? Chris Lyle (right) outlines the context, the key issues, and the prospects for an end game.

GreenAir Online

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