CORSIA ON COURSE FOR PILOT PHASE WITH US ONBOARD, BUT JITTERS CAUSED BY CHINA WITHDRAWAL

WHEN President Donald Trump said in June 2017 that he was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord, it looked like the kiss of death for the global Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) agreed the previous October at an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) meeting, in Montreal. But that is far from the case as a USA State Department official explained to Jane’s Airport Review: “On March 5, in a response to an ICAO request to all members, the United States reaffirmed support for CORSIA and ...


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