ICAO: Global agreement on CO2 Standard for aircraft “a significant step”

08-Feb-2016 Governments, industry and environmental groups meeting at the United Nations specialised agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), have today finalised the design of the first global certification standard for CO2 emissions from new aircraft. The agreement on a rigorous and challenging ICAO "CO2 Standard", is the result of six years' work by a task force of experts from governments and observers and will apply to all new aircraft designs from 2020.