The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has been working for several years on establishing Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) relevant to the use of aviation biofuels. To understand the potential impacts of aviation biofuel development, the GLOBIOM model has been used to contribute to the life cycle analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs).

The Fuels Task Group (FTG) under the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) of the United Nations, has been working for several years on establishing Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) relevant to the use of aviation biofuels under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). To understand the potential impacts of aviation biofuel development, the GLOBIOM model has been used within the activities conducted by the FTG to contribute to the life cycle analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs). IIASA has contributed to the work on the subtask of induced land use change (ILUC) within the FTG group of experts.

This project is a follow-up of four projects conducted in 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 for which IIASA has been providing support to the European Commission (DG MOVE) and EU Member States topic experts.

IIASA has been the main contributor of this project with the following main tasks:

  • To pursue the work on ILUC modelling through GLOBIOM, to provide the ICAO FTG with more complete modelling results and methods for ILUC and LCA assessment, as well as to document and make available if required the latest evolutions of GLOBIOM to inform FTG in a transparent manner.
  • To take part in the FTG meetings and support and present progress and findings on the latest work on GLOBIOM.
  • To provide technical support and expertise to European experts at ICAO in view of FTG sessions on ILUC related matters.
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