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1. During bilateral talks with the ICAO Action Team today (September 28), the Haitian delegation expressed support for Taiwan’s participation in the ICAO assembly and its technical meetings in order to ensure regional and global aviation safety. Meanwhile, the team held discussions and shared experiences with like-minded countries in the areas of State Safety Program (SSP), Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP), air traffic management, and UTM (Unmanned Aircraft Traffic Management); they also exchanged views on the environmental front with a focus on global production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). In the days ahead, Taiwan is set to keep in touch with these partner countries for further discussion of related topics.
2. As the 41st ICAO Triennial Assembly proceeded, more like-minded countries expressed their support for all active members of the international civil aviation community to participate in ICAO meetings and activities substantively; it is regrettable, they argued, for any geographic blank to emerge in aerospace as this weighs heavily on the safety of international aviation and of all the people traveling by air. There is no overstating the importance to ensure the engagement of related civil aviation authorities and timely information exchange via ICAO.
3. To accommodate climate change, ICAO adopted the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) on the basis of the Global Market-Based Mechanism (GMBM) at its 39th assembly in 2016. The goal was for the global aviation industry to start working in 2020 for net-zero carbon emissions. To date a total of 115 countries have voluntarily endorsed the initiative. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact not only on aviation traffic but also on the baseline for the international aviation industry to calculate carbon offsets. Against this backdrop, deliberations at the ongoing ICAO assembly reaffirmed its commitment to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
4. For its part, Taiwan established a working group for tracking the global carbon market mechanism in 2016 to push for the local aviation industry’s carbon reduction efforts. Also put in place were monitoring, reporting, and verification mechanisms and a registration platform. The national airlines began their reporting in 2019. It is essential for ICAO to include Taiwan’s carbon emissions data in order to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the global aviation industry’s data on this front. Only thus can ICAO expect to lead civil aviation authorities around the world to attain the long-term objective of net-zero carbon emissions.

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