The ATAG Member Briefing

July 2026 newsletter

ATAG Path to Net Zero briefings

ATAG is continuing to host Path to Net Zero briefings around every 6 weeks in 2026, to share views and updates on topics related to aviation and sustainability. It is a practice that we started in 2023 and we have since then organised a total of 26 briefings. Two have taken place since the start of the year and have addressed the following issues:

  • ICAO’s Finvest Hub – the global platform established by ICAO to accelerate financing for sustainable aviation projects with a strong focus on SAF production facilities and other decarbonisation initiatives.
  • The Global Solidarity Levies Task Force – established at COP28 in 2023, an initiative led by countries including France, Kenya and Barbados to explore innovative international levies and taxes (including potential options on aviation) as a means to raise new climate and development finance (see the ATAG Member Briefing, December 2025)
  • Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders 2026 (see separate article)
  • Waypoint 2050 3rd edition, 2026 ( see separate article)
  • ICAO activities, including: Aviation Climate Week 2026, the ICAO 7th Worldwide Air Transport Conference, the landmark study on women in aviation and the Global Aviation Gender Summit in Luanda, Angola in July 2026
  • Views from the Mediterranean Shipping Company on the International Maritime Organization’s net zero framework
  • Findings from the most recent IATA passenger survey on sustainability
  • Preparations for the UNFCCC COP31 (see separate article)
  • The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (see separate article)
  • Messaging guidance on the wider energy transition  / current fuel crisis.

The presentations and other follow-up information from all the briefings are available from the ATAG private website. 

The next virtual briefing will take place on Wednesday 8 July. If you wish to join the mailing list to receive invitations to Path to Net Zero briefings, please sign up here and select “ATAG virtual briefings on sustainability”.

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