European Commission recommends EU states back industry proposal for CORSIA baseline change

The European Commission has recommended EU states should support a proposal by the airline industry to change the CORSIA baseline to take account of the expected sharp decline in carbon emissions this year. Under the scheme, airlines must offset the carbon emissions above a 2019/2020 baseline, but a lower baseline would likely mean a higher than expected carbon offsetting obligation. IATA estimates the 2019/2020 baseline would be about 30% more stringent than originally anticipated before the Covid-19 crisis and is calling for a 2019-only baseline. ICAO’s environment committee CAEP has carried out its own analysis on the impact of changing the baseline to 2019 and found offsetting requirements in the three-year pilot phase starting in 2021 would be close to zero and be reduced by between 9 and 32 per cent in all phases up to 2035. Meanwhile, backed by an Oeko-Institut analysis, a group of NGOs and carbon market stakeholders has urged ICAO Council members not to make the change at next month’s 220th Council session and instead wait until the scheme’s first review in 2022. [...]

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