Environment

The environmental impact of aviation has always been a key issue for ATM. In the past, ANSPs devoted most of their attention to reducing the noise and local emissions around airports, as this reflected the priorities of society. In recent years however, climate change and CO2 emissions have joined noise as a vital issue. Our key goal is for

ATM to increase airspace efficiency to 96% by 2050. On noise, we assist our members with best practice and guidance material to enable them to deal with the unique noise issues each ANSP faces. CANSO’s ATM & Environment Workgroup seek to understand and limit aviation’s environmental footprint and have adopted an environmental code of conduct, agreed a number of measurements and targets, and exchange best practice to improve environmental performance.

Tim Rees, Environment Manager

Tim Rees is on secondment from Airservices Australia, where he has worked for almost 20 years. With a background in ATC operations, Tim has extensive operational experience through many roles in Australia. Most recently, he has spent considerable time working as a CNS/ATM specialist.

Environment Blog

  • 22 Feb 2010The Cost of Change
    “Does change require that we grow?” This thought I’ve been pondering in the last couple of days. Or is it that if we “want to grow, things will change”? A favourite quote of mine is “Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.” Growth is a very important part of the evolutionary cycle and is necessary for us both individually and as an organisation. But growth can hurt, growth can be uncomfortable and often we may not realise the benefits of growth until we reflect on it some time in the future.
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  • 27 Jan 2010Introducing CANSO's New Environment Programme Manager
    Wow, ATM and the environment, does it get any bigger than this? Hello and welcome to my first blog as CANSO’s new Environment Programme Manager!The environment. How do we begin to define what this is? Is it a political idealism, a moral obligation, a major roadblock or the greatest challenge facing ATM growth world-over?
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  • 18 Dec 2009Farewell from Adam J. Phelan, Environment Manager
    Sadly this is my last blog for CANSO and the Environment Workgroup as from January 2010 my Secondment will conclude and I will be replaced by a colleague from Airservices Australia.
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  • 20 Oct 2009CANSO Environment Workgroup Meets in Brisbane
    Last week, Airservices Australia hosted the 16th CANSO Environment Workgroup Meeting in Brisbane, attracting CANSO Members from as far away as Austria, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Singapore, South Africa, the United States, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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Environment Archive

Documents

CANSO's Environment brochures, case studies, best practice examples in noise and emissions, data, and links.

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Master Plan

The Environment Master Plan sets out detailed milestones, deliverables, and accountabilities in delivering CANSO's Imagine 2010 goals in Environment. It was last updated February 2009.

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Calendar

View upcoming ATM and Environment related meetings and events.

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