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I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o a l i t i o n f o r S u s t a i n a b l e A v i a t i o n
Access to information at the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO)
ICAO’s decision making process
Meets approximatelythree times a year
Meets once everythree years
Decisionmaking bodyMeets once every three
years
Recommends policies Recommends policies
Accredited ICAO observers
Access to meeting documents
Access to agenda/schedule
Media participation
Access to decisions
CAEP Allowed with strict confidentiality
agreement
Not publiclyavailable
Not publiclyavailable
Not allowed For sale afterpublication
approved by Council
Council Not allowed Not publiclyavailable
Not publiclyavailable
Not allowed View only-
Download for saleAssembly Allowed Publicly available Publicly available Mostly allowed Publicly available
Overview of public access to ICAO’s decisionmaking
Policy recommendation
Policy recommendation
Policy adoption
Impact on decision making
Airbus had privileged access to EU’s ICAO negotiating position
US EPA consults on national implementation, but some ICAO documents are not public
Result is a policy that will have no impact on airline emissions
Impact on communication
ICSA statement on ICAO Council’sweakening of CORSIA basleine[…] The ICAO Council’s decision to further deflate the ambition of CORSIA is a betrayal to future generations, and a slap in the face to the multilateral work to build the program. There is no good reason for the ICAO Council to make this decision now.
ICAO has blocked academics on social media, and stopped answering some critical journalists’ emails.
Recommendations
Members of the Aarhus convention should make public all papers they present at ICAO
Members of the Aarhus convention should question ICAO’s mode of working and request that:• All decisions from CAEP, the Council, and the Assembly, should be
available online, for download, and at no cost• All CAEP, Council and Assembly meetings should be open to
journalists
Members of the Aarhus convention should question the ICAO secretariat’s external communication strategy, including to:• Prevent the publication of misleading messages• Ensure that all journalists are treated equally• No stakeholder be banned from interacted with ICAO on social
media