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AVIATION INDUSTRY’S PROPOSED PATH FROM ICAO ASSEMBLY 38 TO 39
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ICAO 38TH ICAO ASSEMBLY 2013
AGREE RESPONSIBILITIES, APPLICATION AND ACCOUNTING RULES (INCL. NO DUPLICATION) PROPOSAL
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DEVELOP ICAO STANDARD ON MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION (MRV)
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39TH ICAO ASSEMBLY 2016
ATHENS AIRPORT HAS 15,000 PEOPLE WORKING ON-SITE AND SUPPORTS 63,000 JOBS IN GREECE: 2.14% OF THE NATION’S ECONOMY.
DEFINE MECHANISM TO DECIDE ON ACCEPTABLE VERIFIED CARBON CREDIT TYPES
UNFCCC
COP*/19 2013
COP/20 2014
COP/21 2015
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Getting the job done Tony Tyler says that for governments, finding agreement on MBMs will not be easy. “It was difficult enough for the airlines, given the potential financial implications. Bridging the very different circumstances of fast growing airlines in emerging markets and those in more mature markets required a flexible approach and mutual understanding. But sustainability is aviation’s license to grow. With that understanding and a firm focus on the future, airlines found an historic agreement. This industry agreement should help to relieve the political gridlock on this important issue and give governments momentum and a set of tools as they continue their difficult deliberations.” Paul Steele said that agreement to a way forward on market-based measures will benefit all sides at the ICAO Assembly. “It creates regulatory stability and predictability, stimulating investment in effective CO2 measures; it allows for sustainable growth of aviation, generating socio-economic benefits; promotes the principle of equal opportunities, protecting growth aspirations in all regions; promotes ICAO objectives and affirms
its leadership and most importantly provides a way forward for the world to deal with the emissions of an important sector for global growth.” He also notes that the timing is opportune, “With a firm commitment to a way forward out of the 38th Assembly this year, we will have three years in which to agree a strong set of building-blocks towards an agreement in 2016. This will come a year after the UNFCCC is scheduled to agree a successor to the Kyoto Protocol and will allow time for the implementation of a single global MBM for aviation by 2020 — when our goal of carbonneutral growth begins. Coincidentally, 2020 is also the timeframe for the start of the successor to Kyoto. It would provide a fitting way for aviation to continue being part of the climate solution. But work must start now.” F.
1_At ATAG’s 6th Aviation & Environment Summit in 2012, leaders of the aviation industry committed to the declaration “Towards Sustainable Aviation” and re-confirmed the industry’s world-leading strategy to reduce its climate change impact. †_Special circumstances and respective capabilities *_Conference of the Parties