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