Africa-Press – Uganda. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority( UCAA) has kicked-off a feasibility study to outline a roadmap for the implementation of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) program in Uganda.
The SAF program aims to reduce the carbon emissions of the aviation industry by utilizing alternative fuels made from renewable or waste-derived sources.
Speaking during a workshop preceding the feasibility study, UCAA Director General, Fred Bamwesigye said Uganda has always been committed to join the rest of the international community in implementation of ICAO’s priorities to ensure global aviation is safe and secure.
“In the same spirit, when ICAO established a multilateral platform for cooperation on international aviation environmental protection, Uganda was not left behind. Uganda has always joined the rest of the ICAO Member States in supporting the ICAO standards, policies and strategies set to limit and mitigate the impact of aviation carbon emissions on the global climate; as an ICAO Member State Uganda is prepared to take necessary action and advance initiatives on environmental protection including action on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF),” Bamwsigye said.
He said the SAF program builds on the adoption by the 41st ICAO Assembly resolution of a long-term global aspirational goal (LTAG) of net-zero aviation carbon emissions by 2050.
“The initiative we are launching today is also framed in the ICAO Global Framework for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), Lower Carbon Aviation Fuels (LCAF) and other Aviation Cleaner Energies adopted in the third ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) in 2023. I also wish to inform you that ICAO and its Member States, including Uganda, established the Global collective aspiration to reduce aviation carbon emissions by 5% in 2030 through the use of SAF and cleaner energies.”
According to the UCAA Director General, the feasibility study will require collective effort in assisting with information collection that should be provided to the ICAO experts in their endeavor to identify basic data that will inform Uganda’s potential in production and use of SAF.
“Our national focal point on aviation environment protection will also be available to you and should be able to coordinate all interactions between the experts and the key stakeholders.”
He noted that UCAA is committed to support this process and progressing this initiative to its completion.
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