Delegates, are you also hoping that soon you’ll be able to come to Bonn in super-efficient aircraft, helping to solve the problem of emissions from international aviation? ECO is guessing that the answer is a resounding: \u201cYes!\u201d<\/p>\n
Unless we take action now, that scenario is looking less and less likely. A report this week from the International Council on Clean Transportation has found that fuel-burn efficiency improvements for new aircraft have fallen to 1.1% per year, against the industry target of 2% per year. With passenger numbers increasing every year, aviation emissions are expected to grow by up to 300% by 2050. Yes, you read that right. This would be a huge blow to our efforts to limit global temperature increase to 1.5\u00b0C.<\/p>\n
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) needs to step up its climate efforts. Parties to ICAO must adopt a meaningful CO2<\/sub> standard for new aircraft\u2014incredibly, none currently exist\u2014and agree to a market-based mechanism to close the remaining gap between aircraft efficiency and passenger growth.<\/p>\n The situation is also dire with international shipping. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is refusing to set an emissions target at all.<\/p>\n The transport sector needs to get moving on mitigation. The wording in Part III of the co-chairs\u2019 tool on ICAO and IMO taking action to reduce emissions needs to be firmly placed in the agreement. Otherwise these sectors risk undermining other efforts\u00a0to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n