The International Civil Aviation Organization is a specialized, data-driven agency of the United Nations that is focused on safety, efficiency, and sustainability in world-wide aviation. The agency works closely with UN member nations, as well as aviation industry stakeholders, to promote worldwide agreement on standards and practices that will foster safe air travel for the public and sustainable environmental practices for the industry.

1. UN AVIATION GROUP PROMOTES
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
David Pflieger

2. INTRODUCTION
 The International Civil Aviation Organization is a
specialized, data-driven agency of the United Nations that
is focused on safety, efficiency, and sustainability in world-
wide aviation. The agency works closely with UN member
nations, as well as aviation industry stakeholders, to
promote worldwide agreement on standards and
practices that will foster safe air travel for the public and
sustainable environmental practices for the industry.
As part of its mission, the ICAO issues reports on the
state of sustainability in the aviation industry. In 2016, its
leadership published a major report on environmental
climate change and aviation.

3. UN AVIATION GROUP
 The document summarized the reasons why action is
urgently needed among all stakeholders in order to
address industry-specific problems presented by a
rapidly changing global climate. In addition, it
provides a summary of the progress on these issues
within the industry to date, as well as
recommendations for future planning.
Each section of the ICAO report demonstrates the
ways in which the projects monitored by the group
further the overall UN goals for sustainable growth, in
particular the strategies promulgated in the world
body’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.