Sustainable Development, International Aviation, and Treaty Implementation Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development Series

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.

Introduction: sustainable development, international aviation, and treaty implementation Armand L. C. de Mestral, P. Paul Fitzgerald and Md. Tanveer Ahmad; Part I. Current Status of Global Aviation and 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 P. Paul Fitzgerald and Md. Tanveer Ahmad; 4. Environmental sustainability measures for airports Maha Mousavi Sameh and Julianna Scavuzzi; Part II. Regional Aviation Issues: 5. Sustainable development and emission trading I – the EU perspective Markus W. Gehring and Cairo Robb; 6. Sustainable development, aviation and open skies: exporting environmental values through open skies: the case of the European Union Kuan-Wei 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 ICAO and sustainable development Armand L. C. de Mestral; 11. International civil aviation and sustainable development: the application of WTO law Emilie Conway and Armand L. C. de Mestral; Part IV. Future Directions: 12. Getting to global cooperation: ICAO and climate change Alejandro Piera; 13. Seeking global environmental harmony in aviation P. Paul Fitzgerald; 14. Inspirations from sustainable maritime development Jeffrey J. Smith; 15. Corporate social responsibility in the aviation industry P. Paul Fitzgerald and Rene David-Cooper; Conclusion: reflections on ICAO, sovereignty, and supra-state governance Brian F. Havel.

Armand L.C. de Mestral, C.M., is Emeritus Professor of Law and former Acting Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University, Montréal. He teaches and writes on International Law, International Trade Law, Air Law, EU Law, and Constitutional Law, and has served on dispute settlement and arbitral panels under Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
P. Paul Fitzgerald is a former Member of the Canadian Transportation Agency and an Adjunct Professor at McGill's Institute of Air and Space Law. He is an internationally-recognized expert in aviation law, who has taught, lectured, presented and published in Canada, the United States, Western Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and Singapore.
Md. Tanveer Ahmad is an Associate Member and former Executive Director of the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law at McGill University, Montréal. He has extensively published in the area of Environmental Law and Aviation Law.