Nota Bene Episode 101: Catching up with Global Climate Regulation with Nico van Aelstyn
Meritas Capability Webinar - Restructuring Insolvent Airlines in the Americas: A Look at LATAM and Developments with AeroMexico and Avianca
Asiana Flight 214: The Potential Causes and Legal Implications - Mike Danko
In this week’s edition, we discuss a Colombian court’s ruling in favor of an indigenous community who challenged the legality of a carbon credit project and a letter written by environmental activist groups to 71 airlines...more
On May 14, 2024, Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (“ANAC”) approved Resolution No. 743/2024 (“Resolution”), which regulates the monitoring and offsetting of carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions on international flights....more
Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will also launch 12 key initiatives, including a levy on sustainable aviation fuel and low-carbon electricity imports. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has launched...more
As the aviation industry pins its hopes on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, Joe Clinton, Matthew Townsend, Richard Chamberlain and Ying-Peng Chin outline the regulatory, investment...more
On September 27, 2023, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines filed a request with the Amsterdam District Court, asking it to dismiss a greenwashing suit brought by environmental activist groups. According to a statement by ClientEarth,...more
As part of the global UN-led effort to tackle climate change, the aviation sector has agreed a basket of measures to decarbonize the industry and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. One of those measures is the Carbon...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •It’s No Batman, but California Teams up to Stop Organized...more
A consumer filed a class action lawsuit against a commercial airline on May 30, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging three violations of California state law related to unfair and...more
A federal court heard motions for summary judgment in challenge to first-in-nation rule requiring warehouses to adopt clean technologies. By Joshua Bledsoe, Nick Cox, and Jennifer Garlock On April 17, 2023, a US federal judge...more
The Canadian aviation industry is expanding efforts to tackle climate change and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While the aviation industry is responsible for only 3 percent of Canada’s overall annual GHG emissions,...more
This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including updates on Sabre’s attribution sales efforts and the growing importance of Booking.com’s mobile application in the U.S. Enjoy....more
During the last several years, airlines have announced aggressive ESG targets. A significant component of many of these targets is the need for airlines to source more sustainable airline fuel and become less reliant on...more
After a few quiet weeks, last week produced a number of stories that caught our attention and made it into our weekly Update, including two interesting stories on customer reviews. Enjoy....more
This week’s Update leads with an important Data Privacy Update from Eva Novick, the newest member of our firm’s privacy and data security team. If you currently operate a loyalty program (or plan to introduce one soon), I...more
The State and NGOs seek to defend an emissions rule that trucking and airline trade groups are challenging in federal court. On October 13, 2021, the State of California, on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General...more
AVIATION REGULATORY AND POLICY - Aviation Policy: European Commission Presents its “Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy” - The European Commission (Commission) presented its “Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy,”...more
The Earth’s climate is changing. With unprecedented fires in California and the State’s litigation with the federal government, the Brazilian rainforest fires, and the aircraft industry’s inability to curb aircraft emissions,...more
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has determined that 2019, rather than 2020, will be used as the emissions baseline for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Here...more
The aviation sector accounts for approximately 2% of annual carbon emissions resulting from human activity. Prior to the onset of the global Covid-19 pandemic, passenger numbers were expected to increase to 8.2 billion by...more
Focus - California lawmakers pass sweeping rent cap bill - The Mercury News – September 11 - In a significant victory for California renters struggling to find affordable housing, state lawmakers this Wednesday sent...more
On June 2, 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the approval, by the IATA 75th Annual General Meeting (AGM), of the United Nations’ (UN) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)...more
Airlines and airline associations have broadly welcomed ICAO’s new carbon offsetting scheme, scheduled to commence on January 1, 2019. However, the scheme’s Standards and Recommended Practices (the SARPs) impose an immediate...more
In This Issue: - Federal Safe Harbor from Liability Expanded for Aircraft Lenders and Lessors - ICAO CORSIA Update: Compliance Complexities Under ICAO’s New Carbon Offsetting Scheme Federal Safe Harbor from Liability...more