Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation

Edited by Armand L.C. de Mestral, P. Paul Fitzgerald, Md. Tanveer Ahmad

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In 1944 the Chicago Convention set out the foundations of public international law regulating international air transport, but until 2016 no international agreement existed to limit its environmental impact. Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation explains why the CORSIA scheme adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization in 2016, should be implemented in 2020 even though the adequacy of this scheme is still open to doubt and criticism. This book seeks to examine the many dimensions of the effort to contain greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft in a manner consonant with the principles of sustainable development and examines the development of international law and policy in an area that has remained largely outside the general framework of international environmental law. International civil aviation is a significant polluter of the atmosphere, and in this volume, a group of air law and sustainable development law specialists considers how the international community can respond.

Chapters

Introduction: Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation, Armand de Mestral, Peter Paul Fitzgerald, and Md Tanveer Ahmad

Part I. Current Status of Global Aviation & Sustainable Development

1. Technology Developments and Renewable Fuels for Sustainable Aviation, David W. Zingg and Ömer L. Gülder
2. Global Civil Aviation Emissions Standards: From Noise to Greener Fuels, Md Tanveer Ahmad
3. Sustainable Flight Management and Aviation, Peter Paul Fitzgerald and Md Tanveer Ahmad
4. Environmental Sustainability Measures for Airports, Maha Mousavi Sameh and Juliana Scavuzzi dos Santos

Part II. Regional Aviation Issues

5. Sustainable Development and Emission Trading: The EU Perspective, Markus W. Gehring and Cairo Robb
6. Exporting Environmental Values through Open Skies: The Case of the European Union, Kuan-Wei (David) Chen
7. Aviation and Sustainable Development: Some Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific, Jae Woon Lee, Benoît Mayer, and Joseph Wheeler
8. Sustainable Aviation and the Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies to Africa: Paradoxes, Barriers, and Prospects, Damilola S. Olawuyi
9. Sustainable Tourism and the Impact of Climate Change on the Caribbean, Nicole Gonzales

Part III: Dispute Settlement

10. Settlement of Disputes at the ICAO and Sustainable Development, Armand de Mestral
11. International Civil Aviation and Sustainable Development: The Application of WTO Law, Emilie Conway and Armand de Mestral

Part IV: Future Directions

12. Getting to Global Cooperation: The ICAO and Climate Change, Alejandro Piera
13. Seeking Global Environmental Harmony in Aviation, Peter Paul Fitzgerald
14. Inspirations from Sustainable Maritime Development, Jeffrey J. Smith
15. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Aviation Industry, Peter Paul Fitzgerald and René David-Cooper
16. Conclusion: Reflections on the ICAO, Sovereignty, and Supra-State Governance, Brian F. Havel