A total of 21 countries, including the UK and US, have joined the International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition, which was launched at the Cop26 climate change summit on Wednesday (November 10).
The member states say they “commit to working together to support the adoption of an ambitious global goal for international aviation CO2 emissions by the International Civil Aviation Organisation” (ICAO).
They will also support measures to reduce aviation emissions, including sustainable aviation fuels, new aircraft technologies, and a carbon offsetting and reduction scheme run by ICAO.
The declaration said that “despite the impact of Covid-19, the international aviation industry and the number of global air passengers and volume of cargo is expected to increase significantly over the next 30 years”.
Other countries joining the coalition include Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand and Spain.
The initiative was officially launched on the transport-themed day at Cop26 in Glasgow.
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• Furthermore, 22 countries, including the UK, signed the Clydebank Declaration on Wednesday at Cop26, committing to support green shipping.
Robert Courts, aviation and maritime minister tweeted: “Travelling on zero emission ferries will become part of our future holiday plans.Today at #COP26 we launched the Clydebank Declaration with 22 states committing to support green shipping routes, as we sail towards our important decarb targets.”
Travelling on zero emission ferries will become part of our future holiday plans
Today at #COP26 we launched the Clydebank Declaration with 22 states committing to support green shipping routes, as we sail towards our important decarb targets https://t.co/abROCPPCqrpic.twitter.com/RL1LRG1muf
— Robert Courts MP (@robertcourts) November 10, 2021
The signatories of the declaration support the establishment of green shipping corridors – zero-emission maritime routes between two or more ports.
They aim to support the establishment of at least six green corridors by the middle of this decade, while aiming to scale activity up in the following years.
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