"After more than six years of negotiations, the global aviation industry agreed on Monday to the first binding limits on carbon dioxide emissions, tackling the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas pollution.

The deal is the latest in a series of international efforts to address climate change. Until now, airplanes had not been included in any international climate change deals, like the recent Paris Agreement, or the Montreal Protocol, expected to be completed later this year.

The proposed new rules, announced in Montreal by the International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nations’ aviation agency, would apply for all new airplanes delivered after 2028."

Jad Mouawad and Coral Davenport report for the New York Times February 8, 2016. [2]

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"U.N. Group Proposes Historic Cuts To Aircraft Emissions — But Environmentalists Say It’s Not Enough" (Washington Post) [3]

"U.N. Group Agrees To Aircraft Standards To Cut CO2 Emissions" (Reuters) [4]