The alternative (hoax) “International Aviation Carbon Ambition Coalition” website – what the real one should say !

Persons unknown have taken the opportunity of the launch by the government at COP26, of a new grouping called the International Aviation Carbon Ambition Coalition”, to provide a (sadly, spoof….) website for the organisation.  The website, IACAC, has the sorts of commitments the real organisation should – and does not – propose or commit to. Some of the hoax commitments are, in summary:
1. Halve air traffic emissions departing from signatory countries by 2030, from 2005 levels.
2. Include emissions from flight departures (both domestic and international) within signatory country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). 
3. Introduce a minimum jet fuel tax of €0.33 per litre. 
4. Not use carbon offsetting as an emissions reduction measure.  and
5. Ban crop-based aviation biofuel. This involves the commitment to strengthen CORSIA’s sustainability criteria for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).                            These are the sorts of changes that ICAO and global organisations responsible for the aviation industry and its climate impact, should be starting work on.
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Hoax website !

There is a brilliant hoax website, set up during COP, to say the things that the real coalition is not saying (and will not say).

Enjoy ……

https://www.iacac.uk/

International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition

The International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition (IACAC) is a ground-breaking new initiative to align the global aviation sector with the Paris Agreement.

IACAC is an initiative launched by the UK government on November 10th at
the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
The coalition brings together highly committed developed countries that will lead the way in reducing their aviation emissions.

The coalition’s signatory countries commit to the below five points of action.

Five commitments of the coalition  [remember, this is a hoax !]  

1. Halve air traffic emissions departing from signatory countries by 2030, from 2005 levels. This is in line with the Paris Agreement’s Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC) approach, and will allow improved equality of access to travel in developing countries, within the context of reducing global aviation emissions.

2. Include emissions from flight departures (both domestic and international) within signatory country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), accounting for both CO2 and non-CO2 warming effects.

3. Introduce a minimum jet fuel tax of €0.33 per litre on flights between member states, with the revenue raised used for climate mitigation and adaptation in climate vulnerable countries.

4. Not use carbon offsetting as an emissions reduction measure. Coalition members are therefore raising the ambition beyond that previously agreed with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) within the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

5. Ban crop-based aviation biofuel. This involves the commitment to strengthen CORSIA’s sustainability criteria for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

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Founding Signatory Countries:

Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

More countries are still to join the Coalition.

…. and there is more ….

https://www.iacac.uk/

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See also, the “real” IACAC – in all its utterly ineffective glory.

UK-led COP aviation declaration – “International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition” (IACAC) – too weak to clean up flying

The “International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition” (IACAC) has been launched by the UK government at the COP26 climate change summit. Its declaration is too weak to reduce flying’s climate impact. It relies too much on ICAO’s CORSIA scheme to try to limit some aviation emissions. The number of global air passengers and cargo is expected to increase significantly over the next few decades, but the CORSIA scheme will be ineffective, and airlines are resistant to measures that would reduce demand for flights. At least now the UK has included international aviation in its national carbon target, which means cuts (or net reductions) will have to be made – but most countries have not even done that. The text of the IACAC merely contains non-committal statements such as “supporting”, “taking steps”, “working together”, “ensuring”, “advancing”, “promoting” and “convening.” One commitment is: “Promoting the development and deployment, through international and national measures, of sustainable aviation fuels that reduce lifecycle emissions …avoiding competition with food production for land use and water supply.”

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