Letter to European Commissioners Bulc and Arias Cañete, ECAC President Cherfils & Vice President Gandil on ECAC

A group of European NGOs expresses deep concern over the diminishing opportunities for civil society to engage with policymakers on aviation climate change. They argue that existing forums, such as the ECAC Environmental Forum, are ineffective and lack constructive dialogue, citing specific instances where NGO participation was declined or ignored. The authors call for a dedicated forum for EU policy discussion involving only European industry and environmental stakeholders to address urgent challenges including decarbonisation strategies, CORSIA participation, and the potential return of supersonic aircraft.

• European NGOs report that opportunities for civil society to engage with policymakers on aviation environmental policy are diminishing and ineffective, noting that at the first session of the reconstituted ECAC Environmental Forum, member states "essentially declined to engage" with submitted papers on transparency and supersonic aircraft.
• The authors highlight a lack of formal voice for environmental stakeholders in key events, noting they were denied a spot on a panel at the ECAC 36th plenary session despite an FAA representative being added later, and were unable to secure a formal voice at the Aviation Summit in Vienna.
• The NGOs argue that there are currently no forums for constructive dialogue between environmental stakeholders, the Commission, and member states regarding European aviation policy, contrasting this with the shipping sector's European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF).
• The document calls for a dedicated forum focused on EU policy with only European industry and environmental stakeholders to address urgent issues such as the European decarbonisation strategy, decisions on CORSIA participation, and the potential return of "Highly polluting supersonic aircraft".

APA

Todts, W., Lazarski, D., Johnson, T., & Filzmoser, E. (2018). Letter to European Commissioners Bulc and Arias Cañete, ECAC President Cherfils & Vice President Gandil on ECAC. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-european-commissioners-bulc-and-arias-canete-ecac-president-cherfils-ecac-vice-president-gandil-on-ecac/

Chicago

Todts, William, Dominique Lazarski, Tim Johnson, and Eva Filzmoser. Letter to European Commissioners Bulc and Arias Cañete, ECAC President Cherfils & Vice President Gandil on ECAC. Carbon Market Watch, 2018. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-european-commissioners-bulc-and-arias-canete-ecac-president-cherfils-ecac-vice-president-gandil-on-ecac/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{todts2018letter, author = {Todts, William and Lazarski, Dominique and Johnson, Tim and Filzmoser, Eva}, title = {{Letter to European Commissioners Bulc and Arias Cañete, ECAC President Cherfils \& Vice President Gandil on ECAC}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2018}, month = oct, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-european-commissioners-bulc-and-arias-canete-ecac-president-cherfils-ecac-vice-president-gandil-on-ecac/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }