Airlines agree to curb their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Airlines agree to curb their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020

Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 June 2013 01.18 BST

International airlines have agreed for the first time to global curbs on their greenhouse gas emissions – but fell well short of the measures to combat climate change that green campaigners had demanded.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Monday passed a resolution calling on world governments to agree measures to manage carbon dioxide from air travel, which would come into force from 2020.

They said there should be a single global "market-based mechanism" – such as emissions trading – that would enable airlines to account for and offset their emissions.

But they did not agree to a global limit on greenhouse gas emissions from air travel, or set out in detail how governments should implement a market-based mechanism to cover all airlines.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/04/airlines-agree-to-curb-greenhouse-gas-emissions

[RobertEarl]

1. Hmm, lets see

Here on earth, when co2 is emitted, trees and grass and stuff soaks it up and makes use of it.

At 30,000 feet, there is nothing to soak it up. So there it is, as unnatural as can be, and what does it do? It reflects rising heat from the ground back to the ground. Every time a jet passes overhead, it means warmer, more polluted air. And they are just now getting around to thinking about doing something about their pollution? Just now?