Table of contents: Jorn Scherzer and Melanie Hutton of the New Zealand Ministry of Transport report how their state's emissions trading mechanisms present incentives for airlines to increase efficiencies and optimize operations to reduce fuel usage.
Table of contents: Danial Zeppetelli and Professor Wagdi Habashi, of the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Laboratory at McGill University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, outline new CFD contributions to predicting in-flight icing risks and highlight the value of ICAO's internship programme in helping to bring their latest accomplishments to fruition.
Table of contents: Reviewing the SWAFEA European study conclusions and why achieving the industry target of having emissions by 2050 will require significant further research and innovation.
Table of contents: Dr. Herbert Pumpel reports on how ICAO and the WMO continue to cooperate on a range of climate and environmental concerns, providing researchers with unique data sources and contributing significantly our current and more comprehensive understanding of climate change impacts.
Table of contents: An overview of the priorities that have been established by the ICAO HDWG and a look at the results of its recent fact-finding missions to the United Kingdom and Canada to improve familiarization with the rotorcraft operational environment.
Table of contents: Reviewing the proposals and outcomes discussed by legal and safety stakeholders at the first meeting of ICAO's new Safety Information Protection Task Force earlier this year.
Table of contents: An overview by Andy Cole of the World Food Programme on the tremendous contributions made to the facilitation of social aid initiatives globally by the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service.
Table of contents: Narjess Teyssier, chief of the ICAO Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) section, highlights how the organization's Air Services Negotiations Conferences (ICAN) provide a unique multilateral forum for member states.
Table of contents: Alain Garcia, chairman of the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) integration team, provides an overview of the environmental priorities and programmes now being established by his group, which brings together over 40 members representing the broad spectrum of stakeholders in the European air transport community.
Table of contents: Dr. Mohan Gupta, special assistant to the chief scientist in the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Environment and Energy, reviews the basis for action and developments now being pursued by the NextGen-related and FAA-funded Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative.
Table of contents: ICAO's transition to an 'implementation' mode in its climate change initiatives creates a parallel with the Organization's activities in safety and security. Jane Hupe, chief of the ICAO Environment Branch, reports how states and industry have agreed on an ambitious work programme to continue on the path to sustainability.
Subtitle: Captain Catalin Cotrut, representative of Romania on the Council of ICAO, reviews the organizations new Policy and Framework for Regional Cooperation, a first in ICAO's 65 year history, and notes how this timely and necessary new path will require a harmonious interaction of leadership and partnership between stakeholders.
Subtitle: In 2009 the world economy faced the most severe and synchronized recession since the Great Depression, leading to significant systemic changes which heavily impacted the air transport industry. Narjess Teyssier, chief of the ICAO Economic Analysis and Policy Section, provides a detailed review of the causes, concerns and new glimmers of hope emerging from our deepening understanding of the 2008-09 global financial meltdown and air transport's responses to it.
Subtitle: Environmental protection and sustainable development are core elements of the UAE's policy agenda. The state is actively committed to stabilization of the global climate system, as evidenced by numerous initiatives and substantial investments in improved technology and infrastructure, but it remains opposed to the imposition of taxes, charges or adaptation levies on international civil aviation. Captain Aysha Al Hamili, permanent representative of the UAE on the ICAO Council, describes her state's priorities moving forward to address these important issues and the role which ICAO will need to play in any long-term solution.
Subtitle: ICAO secretary general Raymond Benjamin reviews recent efforts to bolster and enhance aviation's safety and security approaches in order to respond to the latest challenges and developments in these areas.
Subtitle: Numerous consortia are presently engaged in the development of alternative aricraft fuels on a worldwide basis, with projections for commercial-scale deployments now being measured in years rather than decades. A review of the important progress being made in this key area of future air transport sustainability.
Subtitle: Captain Daniel Maurino, ICAO's leading expert in the field of Safety Management Systems (SMS) and a true pioneer of the application of the SMS approach to aviation, reviews current policies surrounding safety data and discusses his perpective on the sharing or protecting of various types of safety information in both day-to-day and investigative contexts.
Subtitle: Emma Peel, of the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, outlines her State's approach to developing languge proficiency measures for new trainees as well as existing pilot and air traffic controller license holders.
Subtitle: Jane Hupe, chief of the ICAO Environment Unit, discusses the practical merits of alternative fuels as aviation seeks to protect itself against future exposure to 2008-style fuel price volatility.
Subtitle: Christopher Surgenor on the potential role of market-based options, including emissions charges, fuel taxes, carbon offsets and emissions trading regimes.
