1. Introduction -- 2. Understanding the issues -- 3. Air transport and climate change -- 4. Air transport and air quality -- 5. Aircraft noise -- 6. Air transport and sustainable development -- 7. Conclusion.

Next to the development of more energy-efficient aircraft and alternative jet fuels, improvements in air traffic management (ATM) constitute a key lever to reduce aviation emissions in the future. In this paper, we analyse two demand and capacity management mechanisms that aim at improving...

Compared with land and naval warfare, air and missile warfare is a reasonably recent phenomenon. Not unsurprisingly, therefore, the law that applies to air missile warfare draws on both of the other domains, either directly or indirectly, for relevant legal rules and principles. This chapter...

This paper explores the policy options available to the United States for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft under existing law: the Clean Air Act (CAA). Europe has unilaterally and controversially moved to include aviation emissions in its Emissions Trading System. The United...