ICAOINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION Aviation & Sustainability Determining the complex environmental, economic and social impacts that are defining aviation’s future. Special State Profile Feature: Poland Vol. 66, No. 6 Contents ICAO’s Role in Aviation’s Sustainable Future ICAO Environment Branch Chief, Jane Hupe, highlights the Organization’s 3 strategic role in facilitating coordination and cooperation among its Member States, the aviation industry and other stakeholders on environmental and sustainability issues. Working through UN-led Processes Sha Zukang, Secretary-General of the 2012 United Nations Conference 6 on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), discusses the UN goal of securing THE ICAO JOURNAL VOLUME 66, NUMBER 6, 2011 renewed political commitment on global sustainability challenges in Rio next June. Editorial ICAO Communications Office Tel: +01 (514) 954-8220 ICAO’s Sustainability-related Progress Website: www.icao.int ICAO is leading the aviation sector through its sustainable development Anthony Philbin Communications 8 agenda and working to ensure access to air transport for future generations. Senior Editor: Anthony Philbin Some of its key work to date is highlighted in articles relating to Secretariat Tel: +01 (514) 886-7746 E-mail: [email protected] accomplishments in the areas of: Website: www.philbin.ca State Action Plans on Emissions Mitigation ........................................ 8 Production and Design Economic Measures to Address Carbon Impacts ................................. 9 Bang Marketing Stéphanie Kennan Alternative Fuels Development (SUSTAF 2011 Conference Review) ... 10 Tel: +01 (514) 849-2264 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bang-marketing.com Sustainability: The Carrier View Brian Pearce, Chief Economist for the International Air Transport Association Advertising 12 (IATA), discusses how commercial aviation has added tremendous value for FCM Communications Inc. Yves Allard passengers and shippers and highlights the implications for its many-fold Tel: +01 (450) 677-3535 expansion on sustainable development. Fax: +01 (450) 677-4445 E-mail: [email protected] Economic Sustainability Concerns Submissions The International Transport Forum reports on the suitability of various carbon The Journal encourages submissions from interested 15 individuals, organizations and States wishing to share mitigation approaches for aviation, pointing to the sector’s twin challenges updates, perspectives or analysis related to global of developing low-carbon fuels and accelerating efficiency improvements civil aviation. For further information on submission in conventional technologies. deadlines and planned issue topics for future editions of the ICAO Journal, please forward your request to [email protected]. Aviation’s Role in Global Aid and Social Development An overview by Andy Cole of the World Food Programme on the tremendous Subscriptions and single copies 18 Yearly subscription (Six Issues per year) US $40. contributions made to the facilitation of social aid initiatives globally Single copies available for US $10. For subscription by the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service. and sales information please contact the ICAO Document Sales Unit, Tel: +01 (514) 954-8022 Sustainability: The ATC View E-mail: [email protected] 21 Alan Melrose and Rachel Burbidge of the EUROCONTROL Environment Unit Published in Montreal, Canada. ISSN 0018 8778. discuss the complex interrelationship of the various sustainability factors affecting aviation planning on emissions, noise and other impacts. The information published in the ICAO Journal was correct at time of printing. The opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ICAO or its Member States. Reproduction of articles in the ICAO Journal is 25 Special State Profile Section: Poland encouraged. For permission, please forward your A special State Profile report on the European State’s continuing request to [email protected]. The ICAO Journal must be credited in any reproduction. progress in all areas of civil aviation development, and a look at why its air transport market is projected to grow at an average yearly rate Printed by ICAO of six percent over the medium-term. ICAN 2011 Review Narjess Teyssier, Chief of the ICAO Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) 30 Section, highlights how the Organization’s Air Services Negotiations Conferences (ICAN) provide a unique multilateral forum for Member States. ICAO Tool for Commercialization/Privatization Policy Makers Philippe Villard and Julián de la Cámara of ICAO’s EAP Section discuss the 33 broadening scope and increasing usefulness of the Organization’s database featuring Case Studies on Commercialization, Privatization and Economic Oversight of Airports and Air Navigation Services Providers. www.icao.int ICAO Council 29/11/2011 President: Mr. R. Kobeh González (Mexico) Argentina Mr. J. Gelso Malaysia Mr. Y.H. Lim Australia Ms. K. Macaulay Mexico Mr. D. Méndez Mayora Belgium Mr. G. Robert Morocco Mr. A. Manar Brazil Mr. J. D’Escragnolle Nigeria Dr. O.B. Aliu Taunay Filho Paraguay Mrs. A. Torres de Rodríguez Burkina Faso Mr. M. Dieguimde Peru Mr. C. R. Romero Díaz Cameroon Mr. E. Zoa Etundi Republic of Korea Mr. Chong-hoon Kim Canada Mr. M. Allen Russian Federation Mr. A. A. Novgorodov China Mr. Tao Ma Saudi Arabia Mr. T. M.B. Kabli Colombia Mrs. G. Rueda de Higuera Singapore Mr. T.C. Ng Cuba Mr. J. F. Castillo de la Paz Slovenia Mr. A. Krapež Denmark Mr. K. L. Larsen South Africa Mr. M. D. Tshepo Peege Egypt Mr. M. T. Elzanaty Spain Mr. V. M. Aguado France Mr. M. Wachenheim Swaziland Mr. D. Litchfield Germany Mr. J.-W. Mendel Uganda Mr. J. W. Kabbs Twijuke Guatemala Mr. L. F. Carranza United Arab Emirates Ms. A. Al Hamili India Mr. A. Mishra United Kingdom Mr. M. Rossell Italy Mr. G. Picheca United States Mr. D. Woerth Japan Mr. T. Koda ICAO Air Navigation Commission (ANC) 29/11/2011 President: Mr. M.G. Fernando Members of the Air Navigation Commission are nominated by Contracting States and appointed by the Council. They act in their personal expert capacity and not as representatives of their nominations. Mr. A.H. Alaufi Mr. R.O. González Mr. C. Schleifer Mr. S.C.M. Allotey Mr. M. Halidou Mr. F. Tai Mr. J.L.F. Alves Mr. J. Herrero Mr. A.H. Tiede Mr. D.C. Behrens Mr. A.A. Korsakov Mr. D. Umezawa Mr. J. Dow Mr. R. Monning Mr. S. Vuokila Mr. P.D. Fleming Mr. H. Park Mr. F. Zizi ICAO’s Global Presence North American South American Western and European and Middle East Eastern and Asia and Pacific Central American (SAM) Office, Central African North Atlantic (MID) Office, Southern African (APAC) Office, and Caribbean Lima (WACAF) Office, (EUR/NAT) Cairo (ESAF) Office, Bangkok (NACC) Office, Dakar Office, Nairobi Mexico City París MESSAGE FROM JANE HUPE, CHIEF, ENVIRONMENT BRANCH Leading on Aviation Sustainability Today there is a much clearer The effect of this democratization providing a source of economic recognition of the need to consider of air transport has been its steadily development in non-traditional fuel aviation’s contribution to the three increasing growth and importance to producing regions of the world. The pillars of sustainability; economic, societies and economies, as well as Organization recently held an important social and environment in a more the realization that, despite continuous Aviation and Sustainable Alternative integrated manner. improvements in its efficiency, much Fuels (SUSTAF) workshop and a review more will need to be done to address of the event is provided on page ten. Despite our improved understanding the environmental effects of increased of the dynamics of sustainability, the air transport operations. A critical issue for the future is financing social pillar remains one area where for climate initiatives. In order to achieve aviation’s contribution needs to be ICAO is accelerating developments the global aspirational goals adopted at further enhanced and disseminated, see and steadily progressing in a number the last ICAO Assembly, the sector will the articles on pages 18 and 21. In fact of initiatives which have the potential require adequate financial resources the preamble to the Chicago convention, to benefit international aviation’s to develop and implement a basket of the ‘magna carta’ of international civil contribution across the three pillars of mitigation measures on a global scale. aviation, calls for the development of sustainability, focusing on four key areas: We are aware of many proposals that civil aviation to help create and preserve focus on international aviation as a friendship and understanding among the 1. State action plans/assistance to States. source of funding for climate related nations and peoples of the world and to 2. Sustainable alternative fuels for aviation. initiatives for the other sectors. We promote cooperation between nations 3. Market based measures. need to both balance the priorities we and peoples upon which the peace of 4. Global aspirational goals. face and the measures to address the world depends. them. Some of these issues are This is in addition to the important explored further on page nine. The sector directly employs six million technical work of the organization people worldwide and supports millions to enhance the environmental perfor- In the lead-up to the Rio+20 conference more. Around 2.6 billion passengers mance of aviation operations and to next summer, UN Secretary-General travel by air each year, approximately set Standards for the environmental Ban Ki-moon has launched a global 41 percent of goods by value are carried certification of aircraft, including dialogue on issues of sustainability on passenger and cargo aircraft and the the development of an aviation and the future we want. In this special sector accounts for up to eight percent CO2 standard by 2013. sustainability issue of the Journal, UN of world gross domestic product. Under Secretary General Sha Zukang Meanwhile CO2 emissions from the This year, ICAO provided extensive explains why the UN is bringing the world sector accounts for two percent of information, resources and capacity- together in Rio to discuss and decide how global CO2 emissions.