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5 C H A P T E R 1 1.1 Ensure Understanding of Foundational Concepts Beginning the roadmapping process requires an understanding of the building blocks of emissions reductions at airports. is chapter provides an introduction to the core concepts that ensure a baseline level of understanding.
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6 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports A zero- or low-emissions roadmap can be a single page or many pages. Similarly, a roadmap can be a stand-alone document or part of a broader environmental or sustainability plan, such as a sustainability management plan.
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Initiation of the Roadmap 7 There are three entities in the airport context that own or influence emissions: • Airport operators, • Tenants (primarily airlines, concessionaires, and aircraft operators) , and • General public.
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8 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports Although the terms in Table 2 imply a shared underlying goal of reducing GHG emissions, there are important differences in the level of planning, commitment, and expenditures needed to achieve these levels. For example, zero carbon growth requires stabilizing CO2 emissions, so they do not grow over time, whereas a carbon free status requires full electrification of all end uses and conversion to 100% renewable electricity.
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Initiation of the Roadmap 9 50 European airports pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030. Additionally, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
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10 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports applicable to organizations regardless of sector, and multiple transportation agencies and airports participate. TCR has a voluntary GHG reporting program known as the Carbon Footprint Registry (CFR)
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Initiation of the Roadmap 11 International Regulations and Goals International regulation is very focused on aircraft emissions, rather than on airports. Below are several key organizations and initiatives involved in lowering GHG emissions from aircraft.
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12 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports EPA and FAA traditionally work within the standard-setting process of the ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) to establish international emissions standards and related requirements that individual nations later adopt into domestic law.
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Initiation of the Roadmap 13 IATA is determined to be part of the solution but insists that, in order to achieve these targets, a strong commitment is required from all stakeholders to work together through the four pillars of the aviation industry strategy: • Improved technology including the deployment of sustainable low-carbon fuels, • More efficient aircraft operations, • Infrastructure improvements including modernized air traffic management systems, and • A single global market-based measure to fill the remaining emissions gap. Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)
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14 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports Basics of Constructing a Business Case A strong business case is the key to gaining support for any initiative. A business case for a zero- or low-emissions roadmap should appeal to stakeholders and decision-makers by outlining how the organization can uniquely benefit from the initiative.
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Initiation of the Roadmap 15 6. Conclusions – Briefly summarize the problem and the recommended solutions.
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16 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports United States is currently carbon priced through state cap-and-trade programs. California and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
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Initiation of the Roadmap 17 emissions. For simplicity, the projections assume constant yearly carbon emissions equal to those reported by either airport in 2016.
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18 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports airports. Airports that lower emissions become attractive sites for companies such as Amazon to expand their operations and offer significant business opportunities to airports that meet their standards.
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Initiation of the Roadmap 19 future investments such as building a LEED Platinum General Aviation Terminal (Barrett et al.
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20 Guidebook for Developing a Zero- or Low-Emissions Roadmap at Airports How does Airport Ownership Impact the Emissions Roadmap? The ownership and governance structures of airports can take on a range of forms but can generally be divided into a few high-level groupings, as is discussed in further detail in ACRP Legal Research Digest 7: Airport Governance and Ownership (Reimer 2017)
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