Plan Set To Go Into Effect In 2021

The Trump Administration has not yet decided whether it will stay committed to the ICAO Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), according to the U.S. State Department.

The questions arose after President Trump announced the U.S. would be withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.

A State Department spokesperson told Air Transport World that CORSIA is a separate agreement from the Paris accords with different implications. And while withdrawal from the Paris agreement does not automatically mean that the U.S. will withdraw from CORSIA, the IATA scheme is "under review" which will likely last "for some time."

“While this review is under way, the United States will continue to engage constructively on CORSIA’s further development, informed by our airlines, who continue to support CORSIA, and our technical experts,” the  spokesperson said.

The uncertainty over the U.S. commitment to CORSIA has raised questions about its overall viability, according to the report. At the IATA Annual General Meeting held in Cancun, the association's director for aviation environment Michael Gill said that the agreement is in the interest of the U.S. and other nations in that it would prevent a "patchwork of regional measures" on aircraft emissions that would increase costs and be administratively very complex.

FMI: Original Report