Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)

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Publication Date 28/06/2018
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Reports, analyses and information on an international agreement to tackle international aviation emissions, also known as Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

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In 2010, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted an aspirational goal to achieve Carbon Neutral Growth from 2020 (CNG2020). In 2013, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) established a working group for developing a Global Market-Based Measure (GMBM).

The 39th ICAO reached an agreement in October 2016 on a resolution setting up the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). This consists of a GMBM, which aims at mitigating CO2 emissions and guiding activity by the global airline industry. In June 2018, an ICAO Council session endorsed the main set of requirements and recommendations for the scheme. Negotiations were launched in 2012.

CORSIA has three implementation phases and its starts with a pilot and voluntary phase in 2021. It then becomes compulsory from 2027, but emissions data should be collected already starting in 2019.

Source Link Link to Main Source https://www.icao.int/environmental-protection/CORSIA/
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Official
European Commission: DG Climate Action: News, 16/09/2016: EU teams up with alliance of developed and developing countries in final push for first-ever global deal to curb international aviation emissions https://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2016091601_en
European Commission: Opening address by Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), 27 September 2016 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-3203_en.htm
ICAO: News, 06/10/2016: ICAO Assembly achieves historic consensus on sustainable future for global civil aviation http://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/ICAO-Assembly-achieves-historic-consensus-on-sustainable-future-for-global-civil-aviation.aspx
European Commission: Commission welcomes landmark deal to curb international aviation emissions, 6 October 2016 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-16-3331_en.htm
European Commission: Fact Sheet, 07/10/2016: 39th Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-3332_en.htm
European Commission: Statement by Commissioners Bulc and Arias Cañete on the rules of the first-ever global scheme on aviation emissions, 28 June 2018 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-18-4301_en.htm

News
EurActiv, 01/09/2016: MEPs shocked by ‘secretive’ ICAO plan to cut aviation emissions https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/meps-shocked-by-secretive-icao-plan-to-cut-aviation-emissions/
EurActiv, 13/09/2016: EU solicits support for watered down aviation emissions deal https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/eu-solicits-support-for-watered-down-aviation-emissions-deal/
EurActiv, 27/09/2016: Europe pushes to further curb aviation emissions https://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/europe-pushes-to-curb-aviation-emissions/
EurActiv, 30/09/2016: Europe sees ICAO deal to curb aviation emissions within reach http://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/europe-sees-icao-deal-to-curb-aviation-emissions-within-reach/
EurActiv, 07/10/2016: Global deal on aviation emissions puts EU scheme under pressure http://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/global-deal-on-aviation-emissions-puts-eu-scheme-under-pressure/
EurActiv, 13/10/2016: Global deal to curb aviation emissions ‘not enough’, MEPs warn http://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/news/global-deal-to-curb-aviation-emissions-not-enough-meps-warn/

Commentary and Analysis
EP: Legislative Train: Aviation in the EU Emission Trading System - implementing the ICAO October 2016 agreement http://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-resilient-energy-union-with-a-climate-change-policy/file-eu-ets-aviation-implementation-of-the-2016-icao-agreement/07-2019
Wikipedia: Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_Offsetting_and_Reduction_Scheme_for_International_Aviation
EPRS: Briefing, May 2016: Main Options for a GMBM at ICAO During its High-level Meeting in May 2016 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_BRI(2016)578983
Transport & Environment: Press Release, 06/10/2016: Aviation offsetting deal is a weak start – now countries must go further https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/aviation-offsetting-deal-weak-start-%E2%80%93-now-countries-must-go-further
EPRS: At a Glance, October 2016: ICAO Agreement on CO2 emissions from aviation http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2016)589848
EPRS: At a Glance, September 2019: ICAO Agreement on CO2 emissions from aviation http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2019)640169
Reuters, 24/09/2019: How the aviation industry's carbon offsetting scheme will work https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN1W91BA

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