EU calls on ICAO to agree to long-term aviation climate plan
The EU has called on ICAO to agree at its assembly in September to a “long-term goal” to address the aviation industry’s increasing carbon-dioxide emissions. The plea follows a Feb 15 announcement by ICAO that it has reached agreement on how airlines can use alternative fuels to reduce their offsetting requirements under its shorter-term plan to cap aviation emissions: The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). In a Feb 18 document setting out its climate-diplomacy conclusions, the Council of the EU urged ICAO to “swiftly implement an effective CORSIA, while ensuring its environmental integrity,” but also to “agree on a long-term goal at its next assembly.” The EU Council described climate change in the document as “a direct and existential threat, which will spare no country”. <br/>
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EU calls on ICAO to agree to long-term aviation climate plan
The EU has called on ICAO to agree at its assembly in September to a “long-term goal” to address the aviation industry’s increasing carbon-dioxide emissions. The plea follows a Feb 15 announcement by ICAO that it has reached agreement on how airlines can use alternative fuels to reduce their offsetting requirements under its shorter-term plan to cap aviation emissions: The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). In a Feb 18 document setting out its climate-diplomacy conclusions, the Council of the EU urged ICAO to “swiftly implement an effective CORSIA, while ensuring its environmental integrity,” but also to “agree on a long-term goal at its next assembly.” The EU Council described climate change in the document as “a direct and existential threat, which will spare no country”. <br/>
