The Singapore Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint sets out Singapore’s action plan for the decarbonisation of its aviation sector. The Blueprint adopts a balanced approach to the long term, sustainable growth of Singapore’s aviation sector, taking into account the need for environmental sustainability while ensuring that the Singapore air hub remains competitive. It sets out Singapore’s medium-term and long-term targets, as well as concrete steps that CAAS and the aviation stakeholders will take to decarbonise Singapore aviation.
 

In March 2023, CAAS set up a new Aviation Sustainability Programme, which commits $50 million to support Singapore’s drive to develop a sustainable air hub. It will provide 70% funding for sector-wide projects and up to 50% funding for company-level projects.

The Aviation Sustainability Programme will fund and support programs that deliver at least one of the key thrusts: catalysing sustainability initiatives to reduce the sector’s carbon footprint; develop new sustainability capabilities; and develop a collaborative sustainability ecosystem.

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Apart from the initiatives that have been outlined in the Singapore Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint, CAAS has been actively pursuing opportunities and collaborations to further sustainable aviation.

Contributions at ICAO

Singapore is involved in various ICAO capacity-building initiatives such as Assistance, Capacity-building and Training on Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (ACT-CORSIA). Under ACT-CORSIA, Singapore provides technical experts, who will work together with the requesting states to provide on-site training, and to follow-up on the preparation and implementation of the requesting States’ CORSIA monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system.

Singapore is also actively involved in the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) and its various expert groups. CAEP assists the ICAO Council in formulating new policies and adopting new Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) related to aviation environmental impact.

Collaborations with other countries

To promote international collaboration in sustainable aviation, CAAS has signed cooperation arrangements with multiple countries.

These arrangements are aimed at collaborating and exchanging information to advance sustainable aviation, in key areas such as policy and regulation, industry development, infrastructure planning and provision, and workforce transformation. Some key areas include knowledge exchanges in areas such as the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), as well as coordinating research and development, test bedding and trialling Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).