What is it about?
The metric that is the basis of the new ICAO regulation of CO2 emission by aviation is fundamentally flawed. The paper shows how, with minimal change, the formula for the metric could transformed into one that is firmly rooted in flight physics. The paper sets out a full analysis of the flight physics involved and provides the basis for future regulation based on sound science if, at some future date, ICAO decides to extend the application of its CO2 regulation and decides to base the extension on sound science. ,
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Why is it important?
International regulation of aviation should be based on sound science. Only a few in the aviation community are aware that the metric for CO2 emission adopted by ICAO in 2013 and used in 2016 as the basis for setting CO2 limits for new aircraft is a compromise in which well understood science has been overridden. This aeronautical and environmental communities need to be aware of this fact.
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This page is a summary of: CAEP/9-agreed certification requirement for the Aeroplane CO2 Emissions Standard: a comment on ICAO Cir 337, The Aeronautical Journal, April 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/aer.2016.19.
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