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Developing Australia’s Aviation Climate Change
Action Plan
Andrew Ure
Director, International Division
Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy
Efficiency
Overview of Australia’s Action Plan� Suite of strategies to address emissions from international
and domestic aviation
� Encompasses measures to reduce emissions from aircraft
operations and within airport boundaries
� ICAO’s goal - 2% annual average fuel efficiency improvement
� Baseline: Emissions data available from 1990
Domestic fuel efficiency data from 1990Domestic fuel efficiency data from 1990
International fuel efficiency data from 2008-09
Track emissions from a base year
� Action structured around responsibilities of implementation
bodies: AirServices Australia, airlines, airports, government
and air traveller
� Quantification of potential CO2 savings where possible
Australian Government Initiatives
� Committed to economy-wide emissions reduction targets
of at least 5% by 2020 and 60% by 2050 below 2000
levels.
� Proposes to set a fixed domestic carbon price from 1
July 2012 as an interim measure until a full emissions
trading scheme can be introduced in 3−5 years
� Targeted assistance for the development of new biofuel � Targeted assistance for the development of new biofuel
technologies
� Alternative Transport Fuels Strategy
� National Carbon Offset Standard from 1 July 2010
� Development of carbon footprinting tools
Air Traffic Management Measures
� Australia operating at maximum ATM operational efficiency of
98-99%. Future challenge: maintain peak performance with
growth in air traffic.
� Ongoing ATM procedures to improve aircraft operational
efficiency
─ Flextracks – flexible routes optimised for prevailing weather (saves ~3.4 tonnes CO2 per flight from the Middle East to Australia)2
─ RNP approaches and departures (saves ~403 kg CO2 per approach)
─ Gate-to-gate management (saves ~600 kg CO2 per Melbourne-Sydney flight)
─ International collaboration – ASPIRE (saves ~18 tonnes CO2 per flight across the Pacific)
� Airservices Australia is employing the use of the Air Traffic and
Operations Management Simulator (ATOMS) to quantify
potential benefits of individual ATM procedures
Airline Emissions Reduction Measures
� Fleet renewal
� Weight reduction measures
� Improving load factors
� Voluntary offsets for air passengers
� Voluntary offsets by airlines
Airport Initiatives
� More efficient use of ground support equipment
� Reducing the use of APUs
� Solar panels
� Solar-powered airfield lighting
� Improved energy efficiency in airport buildings
� Land transport linkages� Land transport linkages
Alternative Aviation Fuels
� Sustainable Aviation Fuel Road Map for Australia and
New Zealand – May 2011
� Australian Government Alternative Transport Fuels
Strategy – Sep 2011
� Commitment to establish an Australian Biofuels
Research Institute
� Qantas in joint ventures with Solena and Solazyme to
develop “drop-in” alternative jet fuels
� Microalgal biofuel projects at Australian universities –
Adelaide University and James Cook University
� Challenges: (1) Commercialisation (2) Competition
from other transport sectors for alternative fuels
Next Steps
� Liaise with key industry players to develop Australia’s
Action Plan.
� Quantify potential gains for individual measures where
possible
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Australia’s aviation emissions, 1989-90 to 2008-09
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Australia’s annual domestic aviation emissions,
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Australia's aviation emissions from domestic aircraft operations
Domestic Aviation Emissions
Domestic Aviation Emissions Intensity
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Australia’s international aviation emissions, 2008-09 and 2009-10
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