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By Bill Goldston |
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September 17, 2010
- The global aviation industry has gathered in Following last year?s summit, the industry put forward the targets it says that it will cap net carbon emissions from aviation from 2020 and by 2050 will reduce its net emissions to half of what they were in 2005.
Representatives
from the aviation sector have been working to convince governments that
its targets are the most appropriate way to deal with emissions from
aviation, a sector that was singled out in the Kyoto Protocol for
different treatment to other parts of the economy due to its global
nature.
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Paul Steele,
Executive Director of the Air Transport Action Group which organizes the
summit, said, ?Our targets are ambitious and they are unique no other
industry has come together the way that airlines, airports, air
navigation providers and the aviation manufacturers have. We should be
proud of that, but the work has just begun. We have ten years to reach
our 2020 target to cap net emissions. I believe we are well on our way?.
The summit has
provided a platform for announcements on a range of industry projects to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Importantly, it has taken place ten
days before the world?s governments meet under the auspices of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN agency
responsible for regulating global air transport at their triennial
assembly.
Canso director
general called for ?fundamental cooperative action? to reduce aviation
emissions. At the Aviation Environment Summit, In outlining the CANSO target to reach 96% airspace fuel efficiency by 2050, Mr Lake argued that although some great projects were under way ?in every corner of the globe?, ANSPs would need to go further if the target is to be met. But he also explained that it was not possible for ANSPs alone to make the difference. Only through close industry cooperation could air traffic management programs deliver emissions reductions. |
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