European Union

Clean Sky (Council Regulation (EC) No. 71/2007 setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking and No 558/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking)

Legislative

Eu Regulation

Passed in 2007

The 'Clean Sky' Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) is aiming to unite public and private driving forces (human and financial) in European aviation and to develop the technologies necessary for a clean, innovative and competitive system of air transport, through research. It aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% and NOx by 80% by 2020. The 2007 Regulation was terminated in 2014 and replaced by the Regulation No 558/2014 that establishes the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking.

Climate targets in this law

2 targets

Increasing aircraft fuel efficiency, thus reducing CO2 emissions by 20 to 30% compared to state-of-the-art aircraft entering into service as from 2014 by 2020

Transportation | Trajectory target | Target year: 2020 | Base year: 2014
Reduce CO2 emissions by 50% and NOx by 80% by 2020 against a 2007 baseline

Transportation | Fixed level target | Target year: 2020 | Base year: 2007