The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged airport stakeholders across the country to deepen collaboration towards reducing carbon emissions especially at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
Speaking today, during the Stakeholder Engagement on Carbon Emission Management which brought together stakeholders in aviation including airline operators, fuel suppliers, Bi-Courtney Aviation Service Limited (BASL), among others, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of FAAN, Olubunmi Kuku said aviation business is at risk without stakeholders taking collaborative efforts on carbon emissions.
Represented by the Director of Special Duties, Henry Agbebire, the MD, who emphasized that aviation industry is highly sensitive to bad weather and climate change, added that business is at risk if their is no collaborative efforts to ensure reduction and proper management of carbon emissions during operations.
The Airports Council International (ACI) developed the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme, which is a robust airport-specific carbon management certification program developed as the aims include helping airports all over the world to map, report, reduce and manage carbon emissions from their airport operations with the ultimate goal of net-zero emission.
Kuku, however told the stakeholders in attendant that the engagement meeting is to underscore the importance of reducing emissions as they prepare to compute their Scope 3 emission for MMIA in order to go to higher level of the ACA programme.
The guest speaker and CEO of Aviators Africa Tony Ukachukwu, said Airport carbon emissions pose a significant challenge to the sustainability of the industry, adding that Nigeria’s air transport sector contributes approximately 1.4 per cent to the national GDP with over 20million transit through Nigerian airports globally.
Representatives of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), among others said collaboration is imperative to reduce carbon emission in the aviation sector.
NAMA Managing Director, Engr. Umar Farouk represented by his technical adviser, Jibrin Haske stated that NAMA recognized the importance of balancing the growth of air transportation with the need to protect the environment.
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