ICAO Environmental Report 2022
The ICAO Environmental Report 2022 presents the progress made over the last three years across key areas of ICAO’s environmental protection activities.
The ICAO Environmental Report 2022 can be downloaded below.
Introduction |
| Authors | Title |
| Mr. Salvatore Sciacchitano | Message from the President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council |
| Juan Carlos Salazar | Message from the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Mohammed Khalifa Rahma | Message from the Director of the Air Transport Bureau, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
| Jane Hupe | Message from the Deputy Director of Environment, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
1 Aviation & Environmental Outlook |
| ICAO Secretariat | Building back better: a crucial opportunity for green recovery for aviation |
| Urs Ziegler (Switzerland), Ricardo Antonio Binotto Dupont (Brazil), Tan Kah Han (Singapore) | ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection |
| Gregg G. Fleming (USA DOT Volpe), Ivan de Lépinay (EU EASA), and Roger Schaufele (USAFAA) | Environmental Trends in Aviation to 2050 |
| ICAO Secretariat and the Solar Impulse Foundation | Boosting the adoption of green innovation for aviation |
| Michael Halaby (MUFG Bank Ltd.), Christian Pho Duc (SMARTENERGY Group AG), and Clyde Hutchinson & Brian Marrinan (Team ABC) | Financing aviation decarbonisation |
| Suzanne Kearns (Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics, University of Waterloo, Canada), Laurent Joly (Institute for Sustainable Aviation, ISAE-SUPAERO, France), David Zingg (Centre for Research in Sustainable Aviation, University of Toronto, Canada), Tim Ryley (Griffith University, Australia) | Training the youth on environmental challenges of aviation |
| ICAO Secretariat and Sustainable Aviation Youth Foundation (SAYF) | Global Youth Engagement and Support |
2 - Aircraft noise |
| ICAO Secretariat | Setting the scene |
| D. Josephson & R. Naru (Joby Aviation) and J. Caillet (Airbus) | Assessment of Noise from Emerging Technology Aircraft |
| Stephane Lemaire (Dassault Aviation), Sandy Liu (Federal Aviation Administration), Alexandra Loubeau (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), Pierre-Elie Normand (Dassault Aviation), and Victor Sparrow (Pennsylvania State University) | Low Sonic Boom Noise |
| International Coordinating Council for Aerospace Industries Association (ICCAIA) | Connecting the World through Environmentally Responsible Supersonic Flight |
| Dan Rutherford (International Council on Clean Transportation – ICCT) | Supersonic aircraft in a net-zero world |
3 - Local Air Quality |
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices: Annex 16, Volume II |
| Richard C. Miake-Lye (Aerodyne Research) and Didier Hauglustaine (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement - LSCE) | Impacts of Aviation NOxEmissions on Air Quality, Health, and Climate |
| S. Daniel Jacob (USA FAA) and Martin Plohr (DLR) | Update of ICAO’s Airport Air Quality Manual (Doc 9889) |
4-Climate Change Mitigation: Overview
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO’s Work on Climate Change Mitigation |
| ICAO Secretariat | State of Consensus Climate Science |
| ICAO Secretariat | Overview of Climate Goals and ICAO’s Work on a Long Term Aspirational Goal for International Aviation (LTAG) |
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO Stocktaking on Aviation in-sector CO₂ Emissions reductions |
| ICAO Secretariat | Environmental Tools |
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO Aviation CO2 Reduction Initiative Trackers |
5 - Climate Change Mitigation: Aircraft Technologies
| ICAO Secretariat | Introduction |
| Scott Goobie, Rudy Dudebout, Gregory Steinmetz, Eric Upton, Bruce Parry, Leo Knappen, Miguel F. Garcia Claro, Mark Huising, William Lee, and Arnaud Bonnet (ICCAIA and IBAC) | Advancing aviation technology towards industry decarbonisation |
| Bethan Owen (UK) and Ralph Iovinelli (USA) | The Next Logical Step: Integrated ICAO Environmental Standards |
| Roelof Vos (Delft University of Technology) | Flying V: An Efficient Airframe for Long-Haul Transport |
| Susan X. Ying (Ampaire) | Electric Aircraft |
| Bruno Vanzieleghem (Cuberg) | Next-generation batteries to enable electric aviation |
| Glenn Llewellyn (Airbus), Val Miftakhov (ZeroAvia) | Hydrogen power — boldly going to the heart of climate-neutral aviation |
| Archer | Sustainable City Travel |
| Tom Grundy (Hybrid Air Vehicles) and Sébastien Bougon (FLYING WHALES) | Airships |
6-Climate Change Mitigation: Operations
| David Brain (EUROCONTROL), Iryna Kustovska (Ukraine) and the ICAO Secretariat | Airports and Operations Working Group Report |
| Vincent Etchebehere (Air France) and Hedwig Sietsma (KLM) | Fly Responsibly, an airline perspective |
| Airspace Intelligence, OpenAirlines, Signol | Driving sustainable aviation through software |
| Laurent Tabernier & Robin Deransy (EUROCONTROL), and Dan Rutherford (ICCT) | Economic Fuel Tankering: A Threat to Aviation Decarbonisation |
| AIRBUS | fello’fly: Airbus’ Wake Energy Retrieval concept shows promise for operational fuel savings |
| M. Muthukrishnan and Rekibuddin Ahmed (Delhi International Airport Limited – DIAL) | Green taxiing solution at Delhi Airport |
| Thomas Cuddy (US FAA), and Julianna Scavuzzi (ACI World) | The Eco-Airport Toolkit e-Collection |
| Johannes Deimel-Zelenka (Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology) & Mario Santi (Vienna Airport), Roberto de Oliveira Luiz (Inframerica), and Francis Mwangi (Kenya) | Solar photovoltaics in airports |
| Juliana Scavuzzi (ACI), Jonas van Dorp (Groningen Airport Eelde, Yukio Nakatani & Yuka Takeuchi (Kansai Airports) | New airport infrastructure for clean energies |
| Monica Alcabin (ICCAIA – Boeing) | Environmental Impact of Unmanned Operations at and Around Airports |
7-Climate Change Mitigation: Sustainable Aviation Fuels
| ICAO Secretariat | Progress of ICAO’s work on SAF |
| Joana Portugal-Pereira and Eduardo Müller-Casseres (Centre for Energy and Environmental Economics - CENERGIA, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | Key findings of IPCC sixth assessment cycle |
| Francisco Boshell, Seungwoo Kang, Ricardo Gorini and Maisarah Abdul Kadir (International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA) | The role of renewables in decarbonising the aviation sector |
| Praveen Bains, Hyeji Kim and Jacob Teter (International Energy Agency — IEA) | Decarbonising Aviation in the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario |
| Steve Csonka (CAAFI1), Kristin C. Lewis (USA Volpe Center), Mark Rumizen (USA FAA) | New SAF technology pathways under development |
| Sonia Rueda and Frank Mischler (PtX Hub, GIZ) and Ruth Barbosa (ProQR, Climate-neutral Alternative Fuels, GIZ Brazil) | Incentives to Ramp-up Decentralised Production of Power to Liquid Sustainable Aviation Fuels |
| Andrei Mungiu (European Commission), Nate Brown (USA Federal Aviation Administration) | New Polices for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Development |
| Robert Malina (USA), Matteo Prussi (Italy) and Farzad Taheripour (USA) | Method for establishing lifecycle greenhouse gas emission factors for sustainable aviation fuels |
| Pedro Piris-Cabezas (Environmental Defense Fund) | High-integrity sustainable aviation fuels and the imperative of a net-zero climate impact by 2050 |
| Jim Herbertson (Ipieca) and Derek Wheeler (ExxonMobil) | Lower Carbon Aviation Fuels: contributing to the energy transition |
| Xavier Vigor, Mélanie Petitjean, Dyane Hertogs, Delphine Roma and Pierre Crespi (Air Liquide) | Renewable Hydrogen for Aviation |
8 - Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
| ICAO Secretariat | Introduction to CORSIA |
| ICAO Secretariat | Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Implementation – States’ Reporting through the CORSIA Central Registry |
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO CORSIA CO2 Estimation and Reporting Tool (CERT) |
| James Hileman (USA FAA), Kristin Lewis (USA Volpe Center), Daniel Rivas Brousse and Juan Hermira (SENASA Spain) | Developments in CORSIA Eligible Fuel |
| Grégoire Baribeau (Canada) and Rachid Rahim (Qatar) | Recent developments on CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units |
| Kerri Henry (Canada), Stephen Arrowsmith (EU EASA), Philippe Bonnefoy (USA) and Stefano Mancini (EU EUROCONTROL) | Impacts of COVID-19 on CORSIA implementation |
| ICAO Secretariat | The 2022 CORSIA periodic review |
| International Air Transport Association (IATA) | CORSIA Implementation – aeroplane operator perspectives |
| Chris Cooper and Jorrian Dorlandt (Neste) | Delivering the first ever CORSIA-certified Sustainable Aviation Fuel to American Airlines |
9 - Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience
| ICAO Secretariat | Towards a more resilient aviation sector |
| Rachel Burbidge (EUROCONTROL) and Andrea Deitz (USA FAA) | Climate Change Risk Assessment, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Measures |
| Nanco Dolman (Royal HaskoningDHV) and Vivekanandhan Sindhamani (NACO/InterVISTAS) | Climate change impacts on airports and measures — case of Schiphol Airport |
| Jarlath Molloy, Beatrice Turrini and Trevor Smith (NATS) | Adapting to climate change: an ANSP perspective |
10 - Biodiversity
| Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) | The crucial importance of biodiversity |
| Crawford Allan (TRAFFIC), Cori MacFarland (WWF), and Juliana Scavuzzi (ACI World) | Aviation Taking Action Against Wildlife Trafficking |
| Anastasios Anagnostopoulos (Athens International Airport S.A.), Nick Gabriel (Gatwick Airport), Melina Santos Vanderlinder (Aeropuertos Dominicanos - AERODOM), and Wendy Avis (Vancouver International Airport) | Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives at Airport’s Level |
| Artur Mirzoyan (Central Institute of Aviation Motors, Russia) and Konstantin Gongalsky (A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) | Aerial Wildfire Fighting: Russian Experience and a Look at the Future |
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO Flying Forest Fire Fighting Dialogue |
11 - State Action Plan & Capacity Building
| ICAO Secretariat | The ICAO State Action Plan Initiative |
| Rachid Rahim (Qatar Civil Aviation Authority) | Acting now — Qatar’s Efforts Towards Sustainable Aviation Fuels |
| Oyetoun Foluwake Adegbesan (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) | Acting now — The Implementation of Performance Based Navigation (PBN) in Nigeria |
| Judit De Leon (Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil, IDAC) | Update of Dominican Republic State Action Plan Progress on Emissions Mitigation |
| Iryna Kustovska (Ukraine) | Ukraine’s initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of aviation |
| Magnus Gislev (EU) and ICAO Secretariat | ICAO Assistance Project with the European Union Funding Phase II |
| ICAO Secretariat | ACT-CORSIA Programme: Capacity-Building and Assistance to States in Times of the Pandemic |
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO ACT-SAF Programme: Supporting States to realise their SAF potential |
12 - Multistakeholder Cooperation
| ICAO Secretariat | ICAO’s Cooperation with UN Bodies and International Organizations |
| Patricia Espinosa | Message from Patricia Espinosa, UN Climate Change |
| Prof. Petteri Taalas | Message from Prof. Petteri Taalas, WMO |
| Zurab Pololikashvili | Message from Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO |
| Inger Andersen | Message from Inger Andersen, UNEP |
| Sebastian Mikosz | Message from Sebastian Mikosz, IATA |
| Jan Pie | Message from Jan Pie, ICCAIA |
| Luis Felipe de Oliveira | Message from Luis Felipe de Oliveira, ACI World |
| Captain Jack Netskar | Message from Captain Jack Netskar, IFALPA |
| Tim Johnson | Message from Tim Johnson, ICSA |
Special Supplement - LTAG
| ICAO Secretariat | Overview of Climate Goals and ICAO’s Work on a Long-Term Aspirational Goal for International Aviation (LTAG) |
| Hajime Yoshimura (Japan), Michael Lunter (the Netherlands) and Mohammed Habib (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) | CAEP Report on the Feasibility of a Long-Term Aspirational Goal for International Civil Aviation CO2 Emissions reductions (LTAG) |
| Dimitri Mavris (USA), Wendy Bailey (Canada) | LTAG Assessment from a Technology Perspective |
| David Batchelor(EU) and Muayyed Al Teneiji (UAE) | LTAG Assessment from a Operations Perspective |
| James Hileman (USA) and Matteo Prussi (Italy)1 | LTAG Assessment from a Fuels Perspective |
| Philippe A. Bonnefoy (USA) | Costs and Investments Associated with Long-term Aspirational Goal Integrated Scenarios |
| David Moroz (UK) and Yuxiu Chen (China) | Long-Term Aspirational Goal Scenario Development |
| ICAO Secretariat | Global Aviation Dialogues (GLADs) |
| Philippe A. Bonnefoy and Roger Schaufele (USA) | Placing Costs Associated with LTAG Integrated Scenarios in Context |
| ICAO Secretariat | High-level meeting on the feasibility of a long-term aspirational goal for international aviation CO2 emissions reductions |