According to the secretary-general of the , Fang Liu, the number of flights and volume of passengers will double up globally by 2030.
Liu maintained that the sustainable development of air transport needs concrete commitments and action on the environment.
“Aviation today supports over 62 million jobs, and contributes some 2.7 trillion dollars annually to the global gross domestic product (GDP), but these positive socio-economic impacts must be based on responsible, forward-looking and concrete environmental commitments.”
“The ICAO will continue to highlight the importance of air transport connectivity to the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the achievement of which will help humanity to eradicate poverty, fight inequality, and build peaceful, inclusive, and resilient societies,” she said in her address at the 2016 ATAG Global Sustainable Aviation Forum in Montréal, Canada.
Liu’s remarks come on the eve of a high-level meeting on a Global Market-Based Measure Scheme that the organization’s 191-member states have been invited to attend.
The ICAO secretary-general drew attention to the fact that the ICAO has been working on the challenge of emissions growth since 2010 when member states agreed to strive for carbon neutral growth from 2020.
