A total of 31 recommendations were made by the committee which established a methodology on monitoring and reporting CO2 emissions reductions against the ICAO long term global aspirational goal, proposed more stringent aircraft noise and CO2 emissions standards, and made progress on non-CO2 emissions, climate adaptation, airports, operations, fuels and CORSIA. Together these advancements will lay the technical foundation needed to continue to transform the sector's environmental commitments into concrete actions.
The Committee's adoption of the first ever global system to track progress towards the Long Term Global Aspirational Goal (LTAG) of net zero carbon emissions marked a pivotal development. With the creation of a robust monitoring and reporting methodology, this new framework provides a standardized global approach to measure aviation's progress on decarbonization, enabling transparent and informed decision-making across the sector.
"This monitoring framework transforms our net-zero commitment from aspiration to actionable reality," said ICAO Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano. "We now have the tools to measure progress and adjust our course as needed."
The Committee's work on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) will accelerate the certification of new sustainable fuel pathways, which are critical for achieving the sector's vision of 5% CO₂ emissions reduction through cleaner energies by 2030, as agreed at the Third Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) in 2023.
The establishment of more stringent noise and CO2 standards represents the first time both standards have been made more stringent simultaneously for aviation. The intent is to shape the next generation of aircraft designs by moving manufacturers toward solutions that address these closely related environmental impacts.
The outcomes of CAEP/13 will be considered by the ICAO Council and will inform crucial global policy decisions at the 42nd Session of the ICAO Assembly in October 2025, strengthening the foundation for aviation's sustainable transformation for decades to come.
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