Author: William Wilson

Planes, Change, and International Deals: A Global Measure to Curb Aviation Emissions

In October 2016, the United Nations’s agency for aviation policy, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), announced an international agreement to control carbon emissions on international flights.  Considering that commercial aviation accounts for over 2% of global carbon emissions—and is growing rapidly every day—this is an issue at the forefront of the climate change debate. […]