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Governments from 190 countries agreed late Friday to let the United Nations' aviation body take the global lead on setting standards for limiting the industry's emissions of greenhouse gasses.
The assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization, meeting in Montreal, "adopted a comprehensive resolution to reduce the impact of aviation emissions on climate change" and set "a roadmap for action through 2050," ICAO said in a statement.
For airlines and governments, the agreement provides hope that the different regions and countries will use common standards on aviation emissions —or at least coordinate approaches to avoid duplication and fights. Many airlines and regulators feared that the inherently global industry risked sinking into regional disputes over local regulations.