ISSUE ONE, OCTOBER 2011
Download the Global Briefing October Edition
SECTION A: Forward section
Don’t hold your breath for a climate agreement… yet
Downloads:
Links:
- UN green climate fund draft design completed - UN chief, Reuters, 21 October 2011
- Setback for Green Climate Fund, Malaysia Star, 24 October 2011
- Draft version of the GCF recommendations (used for the South Africa meeting)
- Cape Town meeting provides governments with opportunity to make real progress on Green Climate Fund at COP17 in Durban, UNFCCC press release, 21 October 2011
- Final report of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Group on Climate Finance
- Leaked World Bank Paper appeared in The Guardian on 22 September
- Paper on climate financing targets fuel subsidies, Associated Press, 21 October 2011 .
- UN’s $100 Billion Climate-Change Initiative Seen to Need Private Funding, Bloomberg, 1 September 2011
- Names and titles of the members of the Transitional Committee
Biofuels have lift-off. Now comes the hard part.
Downloads:
ATAG Beginner’s Guide to Aviation Biofuels
ATAG Powering the Future of Flight
ATAG PowerPoint presentation on biofuels projects (around 5MB)
Links:
Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), 11 – 12 October 2011
Final 3GF press release outlining key action items, including sustainable aviation biofuels
BP quoted in "Skeptics Question Airline Biofuels", Aviation Week, 21 October 2011
Shell Aviation speaking at the ICAO Sustainable Aviation Fuels Workshop, October 2011
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) website
SECTION B: Perspective
Perspectives is a commentary by ATAG Board members. This edition featured a piece by Steve Csonka, Director of Environmental Strategy and ecomagination at GE Aviation.
SECTION C: Sourced
Railroad to nowhere, The Economist, 3 September 2011 edition
Changes in the air, The Economist, 3 September 2011 edition
UK risks being cut off from growth by poor trade links, says new study, BAA Heathrow, 22 September 2011
Quick Win: aviation biofuels offers breakout for clean energy, Biofuels Digest, 13 October 2011
Eco-Efficient innovation leading the future of aviation, Speech by Airbus CEO Tom Enders, 18 October 2011:
Air and rail: setting the record straight, European Regions Airlines Association study Air and rail: setting the record straight is available from ERA free of charge to members of ERA. For further details of the study, contact ERA
SECTION D: Data Centre
Below you will find the graphs, tables and graphics used in the Data Centre section of the ATAG Global Briefing. They are usually in two formats – PDF and PNG, which can be used in your own publications or for presentations.
The average occupancy of commercial aircraft is 77%, bar chart from IATA, European Union, UK Department for Transport
10 largest airports by total passengers, table from ACI
10 largest airports by international passengers, table from ACI
25 fastest growing airports in 2010, table from ACI
Jet fuel costs, 2000 to 2010, line and bar graph from IATA Economics
Global share of carbon dioxide emissions by sector, pie chart from World Resources Institute, IEA and IATA Economics
Aviation emissions 1990 to 2011, bar graph by IATA
Global transport fuel use in 2008, pie chart from IEA
ATAG Global Air Transport Stakeholder Map
- Download PPT version (around 5MB)
- Download A3 version PDF
SECTION E: Air transport environment news worldwide
All news releases are able to be found at the enviro.aero newswire