IAEA FAILS TO AGREE CUT TO AVIATION EMISSIONS
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (IAEA) has failed to strike an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from commercial aeroplanes, despite intense negotiations at its ruling assembly, in Montreal, Canada. Speaking for the European Union (EU), Luis Fonseca de Almeida, Portugal civil aviation director general said: "We are disappointed". The EU pressed for concrete measures, he said, with a European Commission statement concluding later: "A majority of delegates refused to sign up to meaningful ...
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