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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed a historic commitment to tackle climate change. IATA Director General and
CEO Giovanni Bisignani was joined by the industry’s other top leaders in a signing ceremony at the 3rd Aviation and Environment Summit
in Geneva, Switzerland.
“This declaration is a great step,” said Bisignani. “IATA’s four-pillar strategy on climate change is now an industry commitment. This
commitment will drive us forward - first to our 25% fuel efficiency improvement target, and more importantly towards our vision of carbon
neutral growth leading to a carbon emission free industry.”
“Environmental responsibility is a core promise of the aviation industry, alongside safety and security. We have taken this responsibility
seriously long before Kyoto with impressive results - a 70% improvement in fuel efficiency over the last four decades. All the industry
partners have a common goal - to keep aviation as a benchmark of environmental responsibility for others to follow,”
Bisignani added.
“But governments must play their part if we are truly to succeed. They must invest more effectively in environmental technologies – from
alternative fuels to radical dynamics. And they need to match our efforts at efficiency – such as implementing next generation
traffic management systems globally. A Single European Sky could save 12 million tonnes of CO2 at a stroke,”
Bisignani added.
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