The Organizational Setting
Aviation and the Global Atmosphere: This position is situated in Environment (ENV) within the ICAO Air Transport Bureau (ATB). ICAO's activities in the environment field aim to limit or reduce the impact of international aviation on noise, local air quality, and the global climate. ENV is responsible for the development of a range of standards, policies and guidance material and provides capacity building and assistance for the implementation of mitigation measures to achieve these objectives. Measures include aircraft technology, operational improvements, the development and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation, and the use of market-based measures. ENV is responsible for the provision of assistance for the development and implementation of Statesโ action plans on CO2 emissions reduction activities. In addition, ENV maintains close relations with other UN policy-making bodies that have expressed an interest in environmental aspects of civil aviation, notably with the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.ย
Terms of Reference
Under the supervision of Deputy Director, Environment, Chief, Environmental Standards Section and Environment Officers, the intern will:
โข Support the update to the information contained within the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere (1999);
โข Help collate and summarize all relevant academic literature on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere and summarize all ICAO documentation on mitigation measures associated with the ICAO basket of measure to reduce Co2 emissions from international aviation;
โข Assist in the cooperation and coordination with the IPCC on the Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5ยฐC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways;
โข Perform other related duties.ย Education
At the time of application, candidates are required to have completed or be enrolled in a graduate degree programme (second-level university degree or higher) in a field of study related to aviation, environment, aeronautical/aerospace or other engineering, or computer science.ย ย Applicants pursuing studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages should have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a degree. Languages
Essential requirements:ย Fluent reading, writing and speaking abilities in English.
Desirable requirements: A working knowledge of a second language of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish).
Conditions of Internship
Interns are not paid. All costs related to travel, insurance, accommodation, and living expenses must be borne by the intern.
The duration of the internship is between three to six months. The intern is expected to work up to five days a week, with flexible arrangements possible to accommodate part-time schedules (e.g., up to 24 hours per week) for eligible students, in accordance with current off-campus work regulations.
Interns shall not be eligible to be engaged in any other form of employment within ICAO during the period of internship and shall not be eligible to apply for or be appointed to any post in the Secretariat or be contracted for any other remunerated employment with ICAO for the six months immediately following the end of their internship.