Twenty-seven airports in Latin America and the Caribbean have joined others around the world to actively engage in addressing their impact on climate change by reducing carbon emissions.
- 88 airports now actively engaged in addressing their impact on Climate Change
- Collective CO2 reduction of more than 320,000 tonnes (-4.9%) achieved in the past year
- 61 airports are now carbon neutral (Level 3+)
(Airports Council International Press Release) As the 13th edition of ACI Airport Exchange, the global meeting of airport leaders, key industry suppliers and aviation stakeholders unrolls in Abu Dhabi, Airport Carbon Accreditation released the annual results of the collective carbon management delivered by accredited airports in its 10th consecutive year.
The past reporting year, running from May 2018 to May 2019, marked a round decade since the programme’s inception. The year ended with 274 accredited airports worldwide, an increase of +16% over the previous year, proving the stronger than ever drive of the airport industry to deliver on its commitment to lower its own CO2 emissions, made in 2007.
Since last May, 14 more airports have joined the programme and became certified at one of its 4 levels of accreditation (Mapping, Reduction, Optimisation & Neutrality) – rounding up the total number of accredited airports to 288 as of today. Out of these, 147 are in Europe, 53 in Asia-Pacific, 47 in North America, 27 in Latin America & the Caribbean and 14 in Africa.
Angela Gittens, Director General, ACI World said: “Airports have been hard at work to deliver tangible CO2 reductions through Airport Carbon Accreditation. It has been a decade since the launch of the programme and it keeps on growing – both in the number of airports coming on board and…
