TAB 2024
2024 Assessment cycle
Material updates
In August 2024, ICAO received material updates from two previously-assessed programmes .
Applications
From 5 February to 4 March 2024, ICAO invited emissions unit programmes to apply for assessment by the Technical Advisory Body (TAB) against the CORSIA Emissions Unit Criteria (EUC) to supply CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units for the 2024 – 2026 compliance period (first phase).
ICAO received eleven responses to the call for applications. The responses provided - except for the information labelled as business confidential - are included below.
- Asia Carbon Institute
- BioCarbon Standard
- Carbon Asset Solutions Soil Carbon Methodology
- C-Capsule
- Ecosystem Restoration Standard
- International Carbon Registry
- Isometric
- KCCI Carbon Standard (KCS) Program
- POPLE
- Puro.earth
- Riverse
Material updates
In addition to the programme applications above, ICAO received eight material updates to previously-assessed programmes, submitted by April 30, 2024:
- BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscape
- Cercarbono
- Climate Action Reserve
- Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
- Global Carbon Council
- Gold Standard
- Premium Thailand Voluntary Emission Reduction Program
- Verified Carbon Standard
TAB Recommendations
TAB submitted its report to Council in October 2024. After consideration, Council accepted TAB's recommendations and approved the associated ICAO document "CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units." TAB recommendations in the TAB Report (August 2024) are available below.
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Summary Table
The summary table on CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units presents in a consolidated manner the list of programmes fully or conditionally approved by the ICAO Council to supply units to the Pilot Phase (2021-2023 compliance period) and First Phase (2024-206 compliance period). The table is for information purposes only and is available here.
Public Comments
From 11 April to 11 May 2024 and from 6 May to 6 June 2024, ICAO invited the public to submit comments in responses to the call for applications and material changes, respectively, regarding their alignment with the EUC.
Public comments received during that period, including commenter names and organizations, are published following the decision by the Council in respect of TAB's eligibility recommendations for this cycle.
ICAO reserves its rights to exclude from publication any submissions that are inconsistent with the guidelines, or which contain information that can be perceived as offensive, defamatory, and/or third-party advertising. ICAO will not consider any submission from the public that requests confidential treatment of all, or a substantial part, of the submission. All comments reflect the views and opinions of the writer and does not in any mean reflect TAB or ICAO views. All comments are published as received.
ICAO received public comments from 14 organizations, which are available here.
Webinar on updated EUC Guidelines
TAB held a webinar on August 6th, 2024 to inform programmes about the recent updates to the Guidelines for Interpretation of the CORSIA Emissions Unit Eligibility Criteria.
These updated Guidelines will be applied from 2025 in the re-assessment of emission unit programmes seeking eligibility beyond the first phase and be included in the revised Appendix A of the re-assessment form (currently available in its draft version).
2024 Webinar for Emissions Unit Programmes
Understanding CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units
On February 9, 2024 ICAO organized a webinar to inform stakeholders about the application and assessment processes in 2024, key documents for understanding the CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units, recent developments and next steps in the work of the Technical Advisory Body.
Application and re-application forms
New applicants:
- Application Form 2024
- Application Form Appendix A – Supplementary Information
- Application Form Appendix B – Programme Assessment Scope
- Application Form Appendix C – Programme Exclusions Scope
- Application Form Appendix D – Registry Attestation
Re-Applicants (any programme that submitted its application(s) in previous assessment cycles and would like to re-apply for TAB assessment) are requested to use the forms below:
- Re-Application Form
- Re-application Form Appendix A – Supplementary Information
- Re-application Form Appendix B – Programme Assessment Scope
- Re-application Form Appendix C – Programme Exclusions Scope
- Re-application Form Appendix D – Registry Attestation
Material Change Form
Programmes which are approved to supply CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units are encouraged to use the Material Change Form to inform TAB of any material changes, the procedures for which are described in Section 8 of the TAB Procedures.
Clarification of TAB's criteria interpretation
The document "Clarification of TAB's criteria interpretation contained in TAB Reports" consolidates TAB’s further interpretations of the CORSIA Emissions Units Eligibility Criteria and associated Guidelines for Criteria Interpretation, including specific approaches taken to apply criteria and guidelines during the TAB’s assessments, which form the basis of TAB’s recommendations to the ICAO Council on eligible emissions units. The latest version of this document is available here.
Market Monitoring Form
The public is invited to submit comments pertaining to observations of any potential deviation from the Emissions Units Criteria (EUC), CORSIA Eligible Emissions Unit Programme's Scope of Eligibility (as specified in the ICAO document "CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units"), and/or Terms of Eligibility on an on-going basis using this Market monitoring form.
Previous TAB Assessments
TAB completed assessments in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Detailed information about those assessments can be accessed below:
2019 TAB Assessment
2020 TAB Assessment
2021 TAB Assessment
2022 TAB Assessment
2023 TAB Assessment