Letter to the Parties to the Aarhus Convention on public participation and access to information at the International Civil Aviation Organization

The International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation (ICSA) calls on Aarhus Convention Parties to address a lack of transparency in ICAO's work on CORSIA. The letter recommends that member countries push for open observer status, public meetings, public access to committee documents and Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), and the inclusion of public input in decision-making processes.

• The International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation (ICSA) identifies a deficiency in transparency and information access regarding the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
• The document provides five specific recommendations for Aarhus Convention Parties to improve ICAO governance: allowing observer organizations to apply for status rather than being invitation-only, holding Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) meetings open by default, providing public access to committee documents and Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), inviting public input into decision-making, and sharing committee texts and working papers with democratic institutions.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2019). Letter to the Parties to the Aarhus Convention on public participation and access to information at the International Civil Aviation Organization. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-parties-to-the-aarhus-convention-on-public-participation-and-access-to-information-at-the-international-civil-aviation-organisation/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Letter to the Parties to the Aarhus Convention on public participation and access to information at the International Civil Aviation Organization. 2019. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-parties-to-the-aarhus-convention-on-public-participation-and-access-to-information-at-the-international-civil-aviation-organisation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2019letter, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Letter to the Parties to the Aarhus Convention on public participation and access to information at the International Civil Aviation Organization}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2019}, month = aug, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-parties-to-the-aarhus-convention-on-public-participation-and-access-to-information-at-the-international-civil-aviation-organisation/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }