How corporate interests influence global climate policy at the UN agency for aviation October 2022 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Glossary 5 Background 6 Governance and Transparency on Climate at ICAO 9 Industry Representation at ICAO 15 Climate Policy and Industry Influence at ICAO 17 Appendices 31 It is noted that logos of industry associations and the UN International Civil Aviation Organization are occasionally utilized in the graphics associated with the analysis in this report, as is common practice in public facing releases of this kind. This in no way implies agreement and/or endorsement by the entities concerned with the report’s content. CORPORATE CAPTURE AND THE UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION OCTOBER 2022 PAGE 2 Table 1: Comparing transparency and industry influence over UN climate negotiations Graph comparing transparency rules and practices and industry influence at ICAO with other key UN climate negotiation bodies: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and International Maritime Organization (IMO). INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (ICAO) AVIATION NO NO NO NO NO NO NO PARTLY NO 31% INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) SHIPPING NO NO PARTLY YES PARTLY YES PARTLY PARTLY YES 25% UN CLIMATE GOVERNANCE BODY CAN ALL DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT SIGNING NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS? ARE DELEGATES PERMITTED TO SHARE CLIMATE NEGOTIATION DETAILS WITH EXTERNAL GROUPS SUCH AS THE MEDIA? SECTORS COVERED BY UN BODY ARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS EXCLUDED FROM CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS? ARE CORPORATIONS EXCLUDED FROM STATE DELEGATIONS DURING CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS? ARE ALL KEY CLIMATE NEGOTIATION DOCUMENTS AND REPORTS MADE…Open full document
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The report behind This article from InfluenceMap describing problems with ICAO to sincerely address Climate Change. Currently, the industry is doubling down on Sustainable Aviation Fuels. The Port of Seattle is pushing for a mere 10% adoption of SAF by 2029. This slow walking is bad for Sea-Tac Airport.