• Upon completing this course you will be able to:

  • Identify key factors for a sustainable aviation sector
  • Address specific environmental challenges within your organization
  • Contribute to the timely implementation of improvements on technology, operations and infrastructure
  • Develop evaluation methods for proper environmental assessment Update communication messages and tools
  • Adopt a global mind-set conducive to collaboration and knowledge transfer Apply the critical-thinking skills needed in today’s commercial aviation
  • Evaluate key areas of an aviation business based on standards and best practices

  The curriculum includes the following topics:

  Module 1: Introduction to the environmental challenge:

  • Examine the concept of sustainability in aviation
  • Social, economic and environmental impacts
  • Key factors for a sustainable air transportation industry
  • Environmental challenges such as climate change, noise, land use planning, local air quality and water/waste management
  • The Flight Environment: effects on the pilot, Effects of Pollution

   

   

  Module 2: Aviation and climate change

  • General overview of global warming
  • Aviation four pillar strategy – technology
  • Four pillar strategy – operations, infrastructure, economic measures
  • Specific goals and targets
  • Regulatory, Institutional framework and Future standards
    • Role of ICAO and UNFCCC
    • The Protocols/State Action Plans
    • PARIS AGREEMENT

   

  Module 3: Towards sustainable aviation, Technological and operational improvements

  • Aircraft engine emissions/Emission Monitoring tools: Evaluation methods for environmental assessment (including Environmental certification ISO 14001, ISO 50001, EU EMAS)
  • Sustainable Alternative Fuels (SAF), Development and commercialization
  • Mitigating Aviation Emissions
  • CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) plan for achieving carbon neutral growth from 2020, EU’s emission trading scheme, Market Based Measures
  • Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Operations.

   

A Certificate of Completion is awarded to all participants.