- Representatives of 184 states at the United Nations body for civil aviation agreed on an “aspirational” goal of net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, a target which will heavily rely on offsetting measures outside the sector.
- The adoption of the target comes one year after most of the global aviation industry, represented by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), itself committed to “net zero” by 2050.
- In an ICAO report on how to reach the “aspirational goal”, a scenario representing the current pace of technological and policy development predicts an increase to 954 mega tons (Mt) of CO2 in 2050, almost double the 500 Mt of 2019.
UN aviation body agrees on ‘net zero’ target
