{"id":4760,"date":"2023-07-14T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenairnews.com\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2023-12-20T17:38:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:38:33","slug":"google-and-icct-to-lead-new-oversight-committee-on-air-travel-emissions-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenairnews.com\/?p=4760","title":{"rendered":"Google and ICCT to lead new oversight committee on air travel emissions data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Led by non-profit research organisation the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and Google, a new independent advisory committee has been formed to oversee the Travel Impact Model (TIM), the methodology used for estimating flight emissions by Google Flights, Booking.com, Expedia and elsewhere in the travel industry. Made up of members from academia, airlines, NGOs and government agencies, the committee will oversee future changes to the TIM, including approval of updates to the model by incorporating the latest scientific knowledge in the field of flight emissions forecasting. The ICCT will serve as a technical secretariat to the committee and collate and conduct research on selected topics, plus commissioning studies where needed. Google, which began estimating and sharing air travel-related GHG emissions on Google Flights using the TIM in 2021, will continue to administer its technical implementation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEveryone should be able to find reliable, accurate emissions estimates no matter where they\u2019re booking a flight, and we believe the TIM can provide this kind of trusted, universal standard,\u201d said Kate Brandt, Chief Sustainability Officer at Google<\/a>. \u201cTogether with the ICCT and the new advisory committee, we can empower travellers around the world to make more sustainable choices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be widely adopted by consumers, the partners say emissions estimates should be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n