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NEWSTony Tyler, the Director General and CEOof IATA (International Air TransportAssociation) spoke about the need to boostsustainable tourism at a special aviation and climatechange event at the Paris Air Show in June.key issues that Tyler touched on were the effortsbeing made by the commercial aviation industry toreduce carbon emissions, future goals, and COP21.He highlighted the fact that sustainable developmentwas closely linked to international solutions to climatechange.“We cannot have sustainable economic developmentwithout strong social progress and people cannotcontinue to live in a world with significant climatechange risks. Pulling people out of poverty hasenvironmental benefits and moving towards a moreefficient lifestyle also brings about economic gains,”he said.Over half of all international tourists and a third ofworld trade travels by air. That also means largeamounts of emissions, not only from the aircraft, butalso from the trucks and other vehicles that assist in thefunctioning of air travel. Tyler noted the importanceof the industry in development and shaping our worldas we know it. For some remote communities andsmall island states, air travel is a lifeline, he pointedout. The challenge now lies in finding ways to makethis much needed industry as eco-friendly.Tyler posed the question: How do we reconcile theneed to serve all corners of the globe, to help boostdevelopment and support sustainable tourism, whilstalso taking care to reduce CO2 emissions?IATA’s Climate Action framework includes threegoals:1. A short-term fuel efficiency goal, which theassociation is currently surpassing.air TravEl CONTEmiSSiONS