Already 25 African airports members of the Global CO2 reduction programme
Launched by Airports Council International, Airport Carbon Accreditation is the only global certification programme for airports in relation to their carbon management. The programme has six levels of certification: Mapping, Reduction, Optimisation, Neutrality, Transformation and Transition.
African airports are increasingly joining the Airport Carbon Accreditation. There are now 25 airports (minimum 1 in 13 countries) that process their CO2 emissions at one of the six levels of certification available, ACI Africa announced on Monday 24 October 2022. These hubs cover more than 40% of air passenger traffic in Africa (according to 2019 figures), adds the continental branch of Airports Council International.
The latest entrants are Morocco's Rabat-Salé and Fez Saïss airports, which are joining Level 1. Although it is also a newcomer, the Habib Bourguiba International Airport in Monastir (Tunisia) has moved directly to level 2. The Moroccan hubs of Marrakech-Ménara and Mohammed V in Casablanca have moved up one step to level 2. Enfidha-Hammamet (Tunisia), already the first African airport to join the programme, also becomes the very first to reach level 3.
"I am delighted to see more and more African airports joining the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme and achieving its various stages. These achievements show that the continent's airports are already making a very tangible contribution to the ambitious ICAO long-term goal of zero net CO2 emissions from international aviation by 2050," says Ali Tounsi, Secretary General of ACI Africa.
