2020 TAB Assessment
Material Changes to Previously-Assessed Programmes
Several programmes which were assessed in the 2019 TAB assessment cycle submitted material changes for TAB's assessment to ICAO between 21 April 2020 and 24 August 2020. Stakeholders are invited to submit comments to officeenv@icao.int on these material changes by 1 November, 2020, using the TAB Public Comment Template Form.
1. American Carbon Registry
2. Climate Action Reserve
3. Global Carbon Council
4. Gold Standard
Public
comments received, including commenter
names and organizations, will be published on the ICAO CORSIA website following the decision by Council in respect of TAB's eligibility recommendations.
ICAO
reserves its rights to excude from publication any submissions that are
inconsistent with these guidelines, or which contain information that
can be perceived as offensive, defamatory, and/or third-party
advertising (e.g. spam).
All
comments received by the deadline are considered in full, but due to
time contraints, ICAO is unable to provide individualized responses.
2020 Programme Applications
From 23 March to 20 April 2020, ICAO invited emissions unit programmes to apply for assessment by the TAB against the CORSIA Emissions Unit Criteria (EUC).
ICAO received eight responses to the call for applications. The responses provided - except for the information labelled as business confidential - are included below.
- Architecture for REDD+ Transactions
- BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes
- Cercarbono
- Compte CO2
- Joint Crediting Mechanism between Japan and Mongolia
- Olkaria IV Geothermal Project
- Perform, Achieve, and Trade Scheme
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
In addition to the eight new programme applications above, ICAO received two material changes to previously-assessed programmes:
1. Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
2. Verified Carbon Standard (managed by Verra)
2020 Public Comments
On 29 May 2020, ICAO invited the public to submit comments on the responses to the call for applications, including regarding their alignment with the EUC.
ICAO received 24 public comments, which are available in a consolidated form here.
TAB Recommendations
The TAB submitted its second report to Council in October 2020. After
consideration, Council accepted the TAB's recommendations, and approved
the associated ICAO document "CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units." The TAB
recommendations from its second assessment are currently available in English.
Call for Applications
ICAO invited emissions unit programmes to apply for assessment against the CORSIA Emissions Unit Criteria (EUC). To apply, emissions unit programmes completed the application forms below and submitted them to officeenv@icao.int by 20 April 2020. The next call for applications is foreseen to begin in January 2021.
Application Form for Emissions Unit Programmes
Application Form, Appendix A - Supplementary Information
Application Form, Appendix B - Programme Assessment Scope
Application Form, Appendix C - Programme Exclusions Scope
2020 Webinars
Webinar on Understanding CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units
On Friday 7 August 2020, ICAO held a webinar to inform stakeholders about the ICAO Document "CORSIA Eligible Emissions Units", to introduce its contents and their relationship to the CORSIA Emissions Unit Eligiblity Criteria and work of the Technical Advisory Body (TAB). The webinar also explored the roles of ICAO, including TAB, and CORSIA Eligible Emissions Unit Programmes and Programme Registries in ongoing eligibility management.
Webinar for Emissions Unit Programmes
On
Friday 3 April, 2020, ICAO held a webinar for emissions unit programmes
to learn more about the application process for the assessment by the
TAB.
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2019 TAB Assessment
From 14 June to 12 July 2019, ICAO invited emissions unit programmes to apply for assessment by the TAB. Detailed information about that assessment can be accessed from
this page.
