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The ambitious airline targets of cutting CO2 emissions and improving carbon neutral growth will depend on the ability of ICAO to secure a global industry consensus at its 37th Assembly in Montreal in October next year.
In a statement issued after the United Nations meeting in Copenhagen, Andrew Herdman, director-general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), welcomed the Copenhagen Accord and supported its underlying message for action.
"Although the Copenhagen Accord does not specifically mention aviation emissions, the united industry plan of action offers challenging and ambitious targets that will deliver an improvement in CO2 emissions efficiency of 1.5 percent each year to 2020; carbon neutral growth from 2020; and a halving of net emissions by 2050,” Herdman said.
“These targets will be achieved using the industry's established four pillar strategy, comprising investments in technology, efficient infrastructure, operational improvements, and economic measures."
But Herdman cautioned that ICAO's ability to achieve consensus on the politically sensitive and technically complex issues, especially concerning the impact of aviation on the environment, would be put to the test at ICAO's 37th Assembly in Montreal next year.
“The AAPA, working with other industry stakeholders, will continue to press ICAO to embrace a global sectoral approach, and effective coordination, avoiding the imposition of arbitrary, and environmentally ineffective, levies.
“Airlines are willing to play our part, but we need fair treatment and full access to global carbon markets," he said.
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