| ICAO is conscious of its responsibility and that of its Contracting States "to achieve maximum compatibility between the safe and orderly development of civil aviation and the quality of the environment" (Assembly Resolution A35-5).
ICAO's activities in the environment field are primarily focused on those problems that benefit most from a common co-ordinated approach, on a worldwide basis, namely aircraft noise and the impact of aircraft engine emissions.
Most of this work is undertaken through the ICAO Council's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), which consists of Members from States and Observers from States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations representing aviation industry and environmental interests.
A Consolidated Statement of continuing policies and practices related to environmental protection is revised and updated by the Council every three years for adoption by the ICAO Assembly. The present version, Assembly Resolution A35-5 (pdf), was adopted in October 2004.
ICAO maintains close relations with other UN policy-making bodies that have expressed an interest in civil aviation, notably with the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to which it provides regular statements on ICAO's emission-related activities.
ICAO has produced a number of publications and held some organized workshops in this field.
|
| For more information please contact: |
Jane Hupe
Secretary of CAEP
Environmental Unit
Air Transport Bureau
Phone: +1 (514) 954-8219 (ext. 6726)
Fax: +1 (514) 954-6744
|
|
