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This article originally appeared in our Sustainability in the Air Newsletter. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly is currently taking place in Montreal, with a key focus being on\u2026<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared in our<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Sustainability in the Air Newsletter<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The International Civil Aviation Organization<\/a>\u00a0(ICAO) Assembly is currently taking place in Montreal, with a key focus being on\u00a0sustainability<\/a>.\u00a0 As part of that,\u00a0controversies around the industry\u2019s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) programme are emerging, with one group accusing it of being a \u201cclimate fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

CORSIA<\/a>\u00a0is seen by the industry as a key tool in the journey to\u00a0netzero<\/a>. Under the scheme, emissions were originally meant to be capped at 2020 levels, with carbon offsets accounting for any increase.<\/p>\n

Of course, 2020 turned out to be an abnormal year due to COVID travel restrictions.\u00a0And so,\u00a0IATA<\/a>\u00a0had suggested to ICAO that the baseline be set at full 2019 levels.\u00a0The compromise that looks to be adopted\u00a0is that the boundary will lie at 85% of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n

Quoted by Reuters,\u00a0Pedro Piris-Cabezas Ph.D.\u00a0of Environmental Defense Fund said, \u201cwe should not entertain anything less than the council deal for 85% of 2019 levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

ICAO has also looked at the quality of offsets with inputs from NGOs and think tanks, including Brussels-based\u00a0Transport & Environment (T&E), with ICAO highlighting the group\u2019s involvement\u00a0in a tweet in late September.<\/p>\n

In a pretty extraordinary exchange, given T&E\u2019s involvement in setting the standards, Carlos\u00a0Cavel Ambel from T&E\u00a0had the following to say in response to ICAO\u2019s tweet:<\/p>\n

“@ICAO, the fact that T&E (myself included) participated through task forces in the development of the standards doesn’t mean that we endorse them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ambel also accused ICAO of being overly secretive in its processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Climate Absurdity\u201d<\/h2>\n

Transport & Environment went further, issuing a press release with the headline\u00a0\u201cPay \u20ac2 to greenwash a flight to New York with the UN aviation scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n

The claim by T&E is that the CORSIA costs are far too low (due to offsets only kicking in at post 2019 growth) – they used the example of \u20ac2.40 for an EU – USA flight in 2030.<\/p>\n

In the press release,\u00a0Jo Dardenne, aviation director at T&E, is quoted as saying the following:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOffsetting is a climate fraud, perpetuated on unsuspecting passengers by an industry resisting real climate action. Paying \u20ac2 to fly \u2018guilt-free\u2019 to New York is a climate absurdity\u2026.CORSIA is a non-starter for our heating planet. Whatever ICAO decides during its Assembly, it will never rise to the challenge of aviation\u2019s climate problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We\u2019d take issue with the blanket statement about\u00a0offsetting<\/a>, but two euros to cover a transatlantic trip to NYC would seem to strain credibility.<\/p>\n

\"\"T&E claims that with CORSIA, in 2030 only 0.4% of operating costs for a transatlantic flight will be taken up by purchasing carbon credits. It contrasts this with the EU\u2019s ETS scheme.<\/p>\n

If ETS were to be applied to non-European Economic Area (EEA) flights, T&E says that 7% of transatlantic flight operating costs would be needed for\u00a0carboncredits<\/a>.\u00a0T&E would then want to see those extra revenues being\u00a0\u201creinvested into sustainable solutions and cleaner fuels like e-kerosene and green hydrogen.\u201d<\/p>\n

On that point, it\u2019s noteworthy that\u00a0T&E\u2019s CORSIA press briefing<\/a>\u00a0included\u00a0easyJet<\/a>‘s European public affairs manager.\u00a0\u00a0The European LCC, of course,\u00a0recently announced an accelerated net zero programme<\/a>, with a heavy emphasis on hydrogen-powered aircraft.<\/p>\n

CORSIA should be seen as a starting point<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We think a defence of CORSIA can be made as follows:<\/p>\n

ICAO has 195 member states, and with countries such as China pushing back, getting something through at the same level as the EU\u2019s ETS scheme would be challenging to say the least. The focus needs to be on what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

Of course, that doesn\u2019t change the fact that there is a looming climate emergency. Aviation, like other carbon-emitting industries, needs to do its part.<\/p>\n

As a result, for us, CORSIA is a starting point. And any\u00a0airline sustainability plan relying only on CORSIA is not credible.<\/p>\n

However, as William Ralliant Clark, ICAO\u2019s communications officer\u00a0tweeted back to T&E, collective international action is always better than individual country-by-country actions.<\/p>\n

Much more needs to be done, but this at least sets some kind of foundation that can be built on.<\/p>\n

Did you like what you just read? This type of industry content can be found in our twice-weekly\u00a0<\/em>Sustainability In The Air<\/a><\/em>\u00a0newsletter. S<\/em>o make sure to\u00a0<\/em>subscribe to our send-out<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to stay on top of the latest developments and updates on aviation sustainability.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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