ICAO and airlines reinforce support for CORSIA following US decision to quit Paris climate agreement

ICAO and the airline industry have moved to dampen fears that the Trump administration’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement could damage the global CORSIA CO2 scheme. During a keynote address on Monday to the IATA Annual General Meeting in Cancun, Mexico, ICAO Council President Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu said the scheme was on track and any concerns over “recent developments” should be dispelled. IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac described the US withdrawal as “disappointing” but said it was not a setback for CORSIA as the the two agreements were “completely separate”. US airline trade body Airlines for America (A4A) said its members remained committed to both the CORSIA and ICAO aircraft CO2 standard agreements. The IATA AGM also passed a resolution calling for governments to adopt policies in support of sustainable aviation fuel deployment.[...]

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