Can aviation help us meet the development goals?

The aviation industry supports 58 million jobs and $2.4 trillion in GDP, but faces the challenge of CO2 emissions. To meet SDG 13, the industry follows a strategy based on new technology, efficient operations, improved infrastructure, and a global market-based measure (MBM). The industry has set three global goals: a 1.5% annual fuel efficiency improvement (2009-2020), stabilising net CO2 emissions at 2020 levels, and a 50% reduction in net CO2 emissions relative to 2005.

• The aviation industry provides significant global economic support, contributing $2.4 trillion to GDP, supporting 58 million jobs, and transporting one-third of world trade by value and half of all tourists.
• The industry established three global climate goals in 2008: achieving a 1.5% average annual fuel efficiency improvement between 2009 and 2020, stabilising net CO2 emissions at 2020 levels with subsequent carbon-neutral growth, and reducing net CO2 emissions by 50% using 2005 as the benchmark.
• A four-pillar strategy is employed to achieve climate goals, consisting of new technology (including sustainable alternative fuels), more efficient operations, improved infrastructure, and a global market-based measure (MBM) for emissions.
• The industry is seeking the finalisation of a workable global market-based measure (MBM) through the UN specialised aviation agency, ICAO, and calls on governments to complete this process at the ICAO Assembly.

APA

Gill, M. (2015). Can aviation help us meet the development goals? World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/can-aviation-help-us-meet-the-development-goals/

Chicago

Gill, Michael. Can aviation help us meet the development goals? World Economic Forum, 2015. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/can-aviation-help-us-meet-the-development-goals/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{gill2015can, author = {Gill, Michael}, title = {{Can aviation help us meet the development goals?}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, month = sep, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/can-aviation-help-us-meet-the-development-goals/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }