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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has announced that governments, industry and civil society representatives agreed Thursday on a new global market-based measure (GMBM) to control CO2 emissions from international aviation.
The historic move came as the Plenary Session of the UN aviation agency's 39th Assembly agreed to recommend adoption of a final Resolution text for the GMBM.
ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) is designed to complement the basket of mitigation measures the air transport community is already pursuing to reduce CO2 emissions from international aviation. These include technical and operational improvements and advances in the production and use of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation.
Implementation of the CORSIA will begin with a pilot phase from 2021 through 2023, followed by a first phase, from 2024 through 2026. Participation in both of these early stages will be voluntary and the next phase from 2027 to 2035 would see all States on board. Some exemptions were accepted for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and States with very low levels of international aviation activity.
