Global Aviation Body Adopts New Aircraft Carbon Emissions Standard
The 36-State ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Council on Monday adopted a new aircraft CO2 emissions standard which will reduce the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate.
Contained in a new Volume III to Annex 16 of the Chicago Convention (Environmental Protection), the aircraft CO2 emissions measure represents the world’s first global design certification standard governing CO2 emissions for any industry sector.
“International civil aviation has once again taken pioneering action to address the impact of aviation CO2 emissions on the global climate,” stressed ICAO Council president Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu.
The Standard will apply to new aircraft type designs from 2020, and to aircraft type designs already in-production as of 2023.
Those in-production aircraft which by 2028 do not meet the standard will no longer be able to be produced unless their designs are sufficiently modified.
A specialized agency of the United Nations, ICAO was created in 1944 to promote the safe and orderly development of international civil aviation throughout the world.
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