Aviation Industry’s Green Goals Face Challenges: ICAO Chief (1)

The aviation industry’s energy transition efforts need government support in the form of lower taxes, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar.

• The industry’s green goals are currently hindered by over-taxation, which Salazar said is a burden on financing
• In an interview in Singapore on Monday, the top ICAO official said the sector is not doing enough to let governments and international development agencies know that while they are committed to self-financing their decarbonization efforts, the industry is in need of greater support
  • More incentives are needed to fund the clean energy transition, which ...