EU to push for global emissions agreement at ICAO Assembly

EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc reported (26-Sep-2016) she will lead the EU delegation at the 39th ICAO Assembly, where the main agenda item will be the reduction of CO2 emissions in the aviation sector. After years of work the ICAO Assembly is "set to adopt a Global Market-Based Measure (GMBM) to curb CO2 emissions in the sector". According to Commissioner Bulc, this would be the first ever globally binding deal to tackle emissions in an entire economic sector. In line with its climate policy, the EU will be pushing for the most ambitious outcome with the aim of achieving carbon neutral growth in international aviation as of 2020. Commissioner Bulc will meet with a number of key delegations - such as the US, China, India, Russia, African states, Singapore and Saudi Arabia - and invite them join the GMBM scheme from its start, set for 2021. [more - original PR]