The International Regulation of Aviation Emissions: Putting Differential Treatment into Practice

The document analyzes the tension between the principle of equal treatment in international aviation and the need for differential treatment for developing nations regarding emissions regulation. It notes that the Kyoto Protocol delegated mitigation measures to the ICAO, which has seen limited success. The authors suggest that reconciling these opposing approaches requires applying differential treatment during the implementation phase through financial, technological, and capacity-building support.

• The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has faced difficulties in implementing differentiation between developed and developing nations for emissions regulation, particularly because the aviation sector is generally defined by equality of treatment.
• The Kyoto Protocol assigned the responsibility for adopting aviation mitigation measures to the ICAO, though this has resulted in only modest outcomes so far.
• The authors propose that the conflict between equal and differential treatment can be resolved by using contextual norms that provide differential treatment during implementation via capacity-building, technological, and financial assistance.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2015). The International Regulation of Aviation Emissions: Putting Differential Treatment into Practice. https://www.sei.org/publications/the-international-regulation-of-aviation-emissions-putting-differential-treatment-into-practice/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. The International Regulation of Aviation Emissions: Putting Differential Treatment into Practice. 2015. https://www.sei.org/publications/the-international-regulation-of-aviation-emissions-putting-differential-treatment-into-practice/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2015international, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{The International Regulation of Aviation Emissions: Putting Differential Treatment into Practice}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2015}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/the-international-regulation-of-aviation-emissions-putting-differential-treatment-into-practice/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }