Airlines set own emission targetsMembers of the airline industry group IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. pledged Saturday to improve fuel efficiency by 1.5 percent a year until 2020, and called on governments worldwide to provide incentives to speed biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi development. Representatives from the International Air Transport Association, which represents the world's largest airlines There are several ways to measure the size of an airline, so several different lists of the world's largest airlines are available. World Scheduled passengers carried [1] Rank Airline 2006 1 American Airlines 99,038,000 , also agreed to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2050 during a meeting on climate change in Montreal. IATA director Giovanni Bisignani Giovanni Bisignani is the Director General of the International Air Transport Association, appointed in 2002. Bisignani is the former chairman of Italy's flagship airline Alitalia. said the meeting had made it "absolutely clear that industry is committed to improving environmental performance. He added that cooperation between states and airlines would be key to lowering emissions. "Governments have some homework to do, improving air traffic management and accelerating biofuel development by establishing the right fiscal and legal frameworks," he said. He also called for "aviation access to global carbon markets to offset emissions until technology provides the ultimate solution." The airline industry is responsible for two percent of the carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emitted worldwide and up to three percent of emissions linked to climate change, according to the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “IPCC” redirects here. For other uses, see IPCC (disambiguation). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment . Governments from around the world are set to meet in December in Copenhagen to discuss a climate change deal on emissions to replace the Kyoto treaty, which expires in January 2013. Bisignani said the airline industry was ready for the meeting, and would present a strong position that could serve as a model for other industries. 
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