European citizens, nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and the aviation industry support action to limit the aviation sector’s rapidly-growing impact on climate change, according to the results of a public Internet consultation conducted by the European Commission.
[mailchimp_signup][/mailchimp_signup]Download the study from the European Commission website.
Download the June 2005 joint-NGO position paper, Measures to Curb the Climate Change Impacts of Aviation.
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