CORSIA: Hot air carbon credits cannot offset polluting planes
The first carbon credits issued under the UN’s CORSIA offsetting scheme will do nothing to bring down the aviation sector’s sky high emissions.
FAQ: Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) explained
Here we explain the ins and outs of the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and why it is not fit to navigate airlines towards greener horizons.
Time for EU to act on airline emissions as UN aviation agency’s climate ambitions take a nosedive
The International Civil Aviation Organisation’s General Assembly has further weakened CORSIA, its only carbon pricing tool. It is high time that the EU stopped being hostage to ICAO and industry interests and tackles aviation emissions regionally.
Aviation needs a credible long-term climate strategy
The UN aviation body must urgently set robust, science-based long-term climate targets if the industry wants to win back the confidence of both investors and customers. Many Europeans are losing patience with airlines’ defensive attitude towards the aviation industry’s climate impact and are taking matters into their own hands – by choosing not to fly. …
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Letter from the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation to the ICAO Council on the adoption of the Emissions Unit Criteria EUCs in order to address double counting and increase CORSIA’s transparency.
Dear ICAO Council Member, ICAO’S Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is at a critical juncture. Your decisions this week could create a CORSIA with integrity, help international aviation achieve carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and help unleash a global market that drives investment in low-carbon economic development. But if you choose to …
