COP 31: ICAO champions global approach to aviation emissions
Climate challenges require strengthened collaboration to accelerate sustainable aviation efforts
The acceleration of efforts to reduce carbon emissions from civil aviation will be the focus of ICAO’s engagement with diplomats and delegates at COP 31 (the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)), in Antalya, Türkiye.
Emissions from international civil aviation are addressed through ICAO, while domestic flight operations are covered by the UNFCCC and its Paris Agreement.
ICAO’s strategic plan for 2050 envisions air transport for all with zero fatalities and net zero carbon emissions. The path to 2050 will be a focus of ICAO’s advocacy at COP 31, with measurable progress already being achieved through the deployment of cleaner aviation energies, technological innovation, operational improvements, and the sector’s only global market-based measure – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) for carbon neutral growth. (....)