Not exact matches
The Kyoto Protocol mandated the UN's international civil
aviation organization, ICAO, to
address emissions in 1997.
Aimed at curbing the growing climate impact of plane travel, it calls for international
aviation to
address and offset its
emissions through the reduction of
emissions elsewhere, outside of the international
aviation sector.
Point five
addresses bringing people out of poverty and calls for putting «an end to the fossil fuel era, phasing out fossil fuel
emissions, including
emissions from military
aviation and shipping and providing affordable, reliable and safe renewable energy access for all.»
While current policy measures set by governments are a step forward to
addressing aviation's runaway
emissions, they are woefully insufficient to achieve necessary levels of deep decarbonization within the sector.
Examples of this type of action include making decisions in the Montreal Protocol to reduce HFCs and getting the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) to
address emissions from the
aviation sector.
In addition to the sector's CO2
emissions,
aviation's non-CO2 effects need to be
addressed.
Singapore has presented a helpful compromise, saying that
emissions from international
aviation and shipping should be
addressed through global measures under ICAO and IMO, while taking into account the principles and provisions of the UNFCCC.
Today, the European Parliament's Environment Committee voted in support of the EU Commission's «Stop - the - Clock» proposal which derogates flights to and from Europe from the EU
Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for one year to give enough time to negotiate a global agreement for addressing emissions from international aviation by autumn
Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for one year to give enough time to negotiate a global agreement for
addressing emissions from international aviation by autumn
emissions from international
aviation by autumn 2013....
Today, negotiators at the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly agreed on a deal to
address international
aviation emissions.
These initiatives put
aviation on a path to
address its climate impact, but are heavily opposed by the industry, which demands continued exemptions from such efforts to reduce the sector's greenhouse gas
emissions.
Although ICAO's 192 member states had long agreed to technology, operations and infrastructure measures to help
address GHG
emissions from international
aviation, negotiations over a market - based measure (MBM) stalled for several years, leading to efforts by multiple countries to implement their own regulations or taxes on international
aviation emissions.