Recital 32

Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(32) On 7 October 2022 and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 41st ICAO Assembly decided to change the previous baseline of CORSIA for the period from 2024 to 2035 from the average of 2019 and 2020 CO2 emissions to 85 % of 2019 CO2 emissions. The average of all reported 2019 and 2020 CO2 emissions was 435 859 594 tonnes. 2019 CO2 emissions were 608 076 604 tonnes, and 85 % of that figure is 516 865 113 tonnes. However, the actual baseline that ICAO uses to calculate the sector growth factor is determined by using a subset of CO2 emissions taking into account only emissions on routes that are subject to offsetting requirements. For the subset of all State pairs subject to offsetting requirements in the year 2021, the average of 2019 and 2020 CO2 emissions is not published by ICAO but is estimated to be 245 million tonnes, and the 2019 CO2 emissions were 341 380 188 tonnes, 85 % of which is 290 173 160 tonnes. For all State pairs expected to be subject to offsetting requirements in the year 2027, the average of 2019 and 2020 CO2 emissions is estimated to be around 373 million tonnes, while 85 % of the corresponding 2019 CO2 emissions is estimated to be around 439 million tonnes.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.