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ICAO formally adopts CO2 standard
March 10th 2017
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has formally adopted a global CO2 emission standard which it said will reduce the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the world's climate.
Contained in a new annex of the Chicago Convention, the aircraft CO2 emissions measure represents the first global design certification standard governing CO2 emissions for an industry sector. Read More »
The standard will apply to new aircraft types from 2020 and will be rolled out to in-production aircraft from 2028. Airplanes that do not meet the standard by the deadline, will no longer be allowed to be produced, unless their manufacturers make significant design modifications.
“International civil aviation has once again taken pioneering action to address the impact of aviation CO2 emissions on the global climate,” ICAO Council president, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu,said.
“Making air transport the first industry sector globally to adopt a CO2 emissions design certification standard. Alongside our 39th Assembly’s landmark agreement last October on the new Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), this latest development confirms our sector’s leadership and concrete actions toward ensuring a sustainable end environmentally responsible future for global civil aviation.”
The 36-state ICAO Council convenes regularly at ICAO’s Montreal headquarters. Last October, ICAO’s 39th assembly agreed on a new Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
