IATA has urged governments to reinforce CORSIA, the aviation carbon-offsetting framework, ten years after the ICAO resolution that established it in 2016. In a statement dated 6 October, the airline association called for a unified approach to managing aviation emissions.
Its priorities include avoiding overlapping regional measures. IATA argued for full implementation of CORSIA rather than extending the European Union’s emissions trading system beyond Europe. These are the association’s policy requests; the statement does not announce their adoption by governments.
The association also called for stronger support for sustainable aviation fuel. It wants changes to the SAF allowance framework sooner than 2029 and an end to restrictions based on where fuel is produced.
Another request is to reserve aviation emissions-trading revenues for sustainable aviation fuel, related infrastructure and emerging aviation technologies. The release brings together carbon-policy coordination and fuel-investment priorities, while leaving implementation dependent on government decisions. Airlines and their suppliers therefore face an advocacy agenda, rather than a newly enacted package.