The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction for climate change. Aviation emissions were not addressed specifically in the Accord, a reflection of the pro-active measures the industry has taken to set challenging targets for itself, together with an aggressive strategy to achieve them. The industry will continue to work towards achieving these global targets, which were recognised by the member states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at its High Level Meeting on Environment in October 2009 and which were commended by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, UN at a meeting with Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO, IATA in New York later that month. IATA will continue to work with ICAO to develop a global framework for managing aviations emissions.
A Global Sectoral Approach, under ICAO, to manage aviation’s emissions will ensure a level playing field. The approach consists of three main elements:
- Full accounting for aviation’s emissions as a global industrial sector, not by state.
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