These levels require airports to align their carbon management and reduction trajectory with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, according to which global warming should be limited to below 2⁰C and ideally 1.5⁰C. This momentum for airport climate action accelerated in spite of the hampered progress of the COVID-19 recovery in the European region during the period covered.Īirports in Europe have also topped the ranking of the highest number of airports at the more advanced levels of accreditation – Levels 3+ (Neutrality) and 4/4+ (Transformation/Transition), with 68 airports in the region holding accreditation at these levels by the end of the reporting year out of the 89 holding it globally. Airports of all sizes, profiles and locations are counted in this number, including busy international hubs, such as London-Heathrow, Paris-CDG and Istanbul almost all airports serving European capitals, amongst them Ljubljana, Zagreb, Madrid, Brussels, Oslo and Bucharest all the way through to smaller, regional and business aviation airports, including Montpellier, Stuttgart and Farnborough.

In the period covered by the newly published Report, European airports outperformed the global growth factor with a 32% increase in participation numbers, reaching 204 accredited airports at the end of the programme year (May 2021-May 2022).

Having originated in Europe in 2009, the programme has consistently seen robust growth in participation of European airports year after year. Over 200 European airports engaged in climate action within Airport Carbon Accreditation, the global carbon management standard for airports European airports outperform both the global growth and carbon savings ratesīrussels: Following the release of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Annual Report 2021-2022 1 today, European progress made within the global carbon standard for airports emerged as the standout star. Airport climate action results in Europe beat all expectations 14 March 2023

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