The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) welcomed the October 4 approval by the 38th General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) meeting in Montreal of a resolution that addresses greenhouse gas emissions from aviation.

ICAO’s 191 member countries agreed to develop a single global market-based measure (MBM) for aviation emissions from 2020, the specifics of which are to be decided at ICAO by 2016. In addition, detailed technical discussions lie ahead as governments work on the monitoring, reporting and verification standards for such a scheme.