Aviation sector calls for global plan to ‘green’ flights

Report from the 37th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Montreal, 28 September - 8 October 2010. EurActiv reports that all aviation stakeholders, including manufacturers, airlines, airports and navigation service providers, issued a joint call for governments to agree a global plan to address aviation emissions at the United Nations climate summit in Cancún, December 2010.

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EUObserver, 11.10.10: EU buoyed by aviation deal but critical of climate talks http://euobserver.com/9/31009

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ESO: Background information: Emissions trading: Member States unanimously back European Commission proposed rules for auctioning of allowances http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-emissions-trading-member-states-unanimously-back-european-commission-proposed-rules-for-auctioning-of-allowances/

ICAO: 37th Assembly, 28 September - 8 October 2010 http://www.icao.int/Assembly37/

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