The majority of airport revenue

The aviation industry supports 65.5 million jobs around the world, including 10.5 million people employed at airports and by airlines, and contributes $2.7 trillion in world economic activity. According to global aviation bodies and leading airlines, it will  take three years for the industry to return to operational levels seen just before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out.

Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) say the current state of the global air transport industry risks the loss of millions of jobs.

The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, Arctic indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular on issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic. It was formally established in 1996. The Arctic Council is a forum; it has no programming budget. All projects or initiatives are sponsored by one or more Arctic States. Some projects also receive support from other entities.

There is a growing need to bring EU and Russia’s relations back to normal so both sides can work more closely with each other again.

Common Interests

Tourism is one of the sectors most affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. Travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic have decimated the tourism industry, a major player in the EU economy.  

Facts and Figures

The United States accounts for 15% of global emissions. Climate change is a global challenge that requires decisive action from every country around the world. Biden will rejoin the Paris Agreement and use every tool of American foreign policy to push the rest of the world to raise their ambitions alongside the United States. A Biden Administration will:

Re-enter the Paris Agreement and lead a major diplomatic push to raise the ambitions of countries’ climate targets. To catalyze this effort, Biden will, in his first 100 days in office:

Even if the U.S. business restart goes reasonably well, and the virus remains largely contained, a surge in business failures and bankruptcies is likely and will impede any economic recovery. Too many of the unemployed won’t have jobs to go back to. New businesses will ultimately form and fill the void, but that will take time.

1. Albania: deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents; loss of biodiversity due to lack of resources for sound environmental management.
2. Andorra: deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows contributes to soil erosion; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal.

Countries in Support

1. Austria
2. Denmark
3. Finland
4. Italy
5. Latvia
6. Luxembourg
7. Netherlands
8. Portugal 
9. Spain 
10. Sweden
11. France
12. Germany
13. Greece
14. Ireland
15. Slovakia
16. Slovenia
17. Malta

Countries outside the Appeal

The most high-profile summit will be the EU27-China leaders’ meeting in Leipzig, Germany, on 14 September that is being organized under the auspices of the rotating German EU Council presidency. This unprecedented format is expected to be attended not only by Xi but by all twenty-seven EU leaders. Initiated by Merkel, the intention is to showcase European unity on China and to allow Xi to hear directly from all of Europe’s leaders at once. The formal summit agenda is expected to cover three broad sets of issues: