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In years to come, we will no doubt look back at the Paris COP21 as a turning point in the battle against man-made climate change. The historic climate agreement in Paris in December 2015 was followed by innovations pointing the way to sustainable future, from Tesla’s Model 3 automobile to the Solar Impulse aircraft completing its circumnavigation of the world. For international aviation, the breakthrough was the agreement at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of a Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). This historic scheme, the first to cover an entire industrial sector, puts aviation squarely on the path to a sustainable future through carbon neutral growth. As the world implements the Paris agreement, there will be a number of difficult decisions to agree emissions reductions at the national level and by various business sectors. The successful development of CORSIA has lessons which can help in four main areas: leadership, targets, consistency, and compromise.LEADERSHIP Some might have been surprised to see the aviation industry wholeheartedly welcome the CORSIA, considering that it will likely add some cost to its operations. Air transport, however, is a leadership business. It has technological innovation and the “BY AGREEING TOUGH TARGETS TO CAP AND ULTIMATELY CUT EMISSIONS, THE INDUSTRY EARNED CREDIBILITY WITH GOVERNMENTS AND PROGRESSIVE NGOS AS A GENUINE PARTNER FOR SUSTAINABILITY”ALEXANDRE DE JUNIAC, DIRECTOR GENERAL AND CEO, INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA)AVIATION EMISSIONS – LESSONS IN CLIMATE LEADERSHIP088 TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY