ICAO’S 40th ASSEMBLY INCLUDES SUSTAINABILITY EMPHASIS
November 20, 2019
The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) 40th Triennial Assembly took place from Sept. 24 to Oct. 4, 2019, and sustainability in international air travel was an important agenda topic alongside economic development and security. Regarding carbon emissions, ICAO Member States continue to move forward with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), which is an offsetting mechanism for international flights that includes fuel analysis, standardizing emissions measurement, a central registry, and Member State capacity-building.
States currently implement CORSIA through Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) Programs which track emissions and provide a data baseline. In the U.S., the FAA has been implementing CORSIA since March 2019. The U.S. MRV, covering emissions by U.S.-based companies, records more than 97% of covered international emissions despite participation being entirely voluntary for companies. According to the FAA, the U.S. continues to support CORSIA’s goals and participate in data collection provided that CORSIA is “the exclusive market-based measure applying to international aviation . . . [ensuring] fair and reciprocal commercial competition by avoiding a patchwork of country- or regionally-based regulatory measures.”
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