CORSIA MRV Readiness
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Generated 2026-10-27 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationNot a Chapter-3 participant
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 4,901,872 t · 85%-of-2019 4,166,592 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 0 t · Not subject 6,104,110 t · Total 6,104,110 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodynone as of this edition
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19 — not confirmed for the latest year (asterisked state))
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopian Airlines Group | ICAO Designator | ETH | 7,556,367 t |
- Ethiopian Airlines Group's 7,556,367 t figure exceeds Ethiopia's own state-pair total because the Group flies many routes not touching Ethiopia at either end (e.g. onward connections) — the two numbers are not directly comparable.
- Ethiopia is not a CORSIA Chapter-3 participant, so none of Ethiopian Airlines Group's disclosed emissions currently carry an offsetting obligation.
- Ethiopia's 10th-Ed operator attribution is not confirmed for the latest year (asterisked state).
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | not participating | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is not on the CORSIA Chapter-3 participation list — a sourced negative under ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27); this is a policy decision, not a compliance failure. | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 1 operator(s) attributed to Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): Ethiopian Airlines Group. Not confirmed for the latest year (10th Ed asterisk). | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | gap | No ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body as of CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19); operators must use a verification body accredited elsewhere. | See what the credit-stage record looks like → |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: pilot-phase 4,901,872 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 4,166,592 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: study
Ethiopia has a strong policy and feedstock foundation for SAF but no operating SAF value chain yet. The ICAO/EU ACT-SAF feasibility study (2025) deep-dives five feedstocks (Brassica carinata/HEFA, sugarcane molasses/ATJ, MSW/FT, castor/HEFA, e-SAF/PtL, plus agricultural residues) and finds all are at the resource/planning stage with no commercial conversion, blending, or certification capacity in-country. The study is explicit that Ethiopia lacks refining, blending and certification capability today (all jet fuel is imported finished via Djibouti). Stage strength descends sharply: feedstock potential and a clear off-taker (Ethiopian Airlines) are well-evidenced; conversion is planned (Sunbird Bioenergy + Ethiopian Minerals Corporation biorefinery MoU, target 2030; Satarem MoU); blending and credit/certification are essentially greenfield. Finance is real but mostly adjacent/enabling (DBE, EIH, AfDB, GCF, World Bank, EIB) with only the Sunbird/EMC biorefinery and World Bank exploration being SAF-specific commitments — and even those are early-stage MoUs, not financed projects.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | partialpartial | Aggregators/cooperatives capable of consolidating dispersed smallholder feedstock at scale, Commercial feedstock off-take/trading contracts linking growers to a SAF facility, Dedicated seed R&D funding body for carinata/castor variety improvement |
| conversion | open gapplanned | Engineering/EPC contractor and technology licensor for a commercial HEFA/ATJ/FT plant, Committed project-finance (equity + debt) at financial close, Domestic hydrogen supply for HEFA/ATJ (Ethiopia produces no hydrogen domestically) |
| blending | open gapabsent | Operator of a domestic SAF blending facility, Blending-standard/quality-assurance authority for neat-SAF blending (JIG/ASTM D1655 compliance in-country), Capital provider for new blending infrastructure |
| uplift flight | partialpartial | Executed SAF off-take/purchase agreement for domestically produced SAF, Into-plane logistics adapted for SAF at Bole, A domestic SAF demonstration/commercial uplift event |
| credit | open gapabsent | Domestic or engaged CORSIA-approved certification body / auditor for Ethiopian SAF, MRV system for SAF lifecycle GHG accounting, Registry / book-and-claim onboarding for Ethiopian volumes, Carbon-credit or SAFc issuance mechanism |
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
Feedstock recognition checkwe produce it
Whether a feedstock is ICAO-recognized, its waste/residue basis, and the standing conditions.
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Feedstock Mobilization Plannerwe draft it
A collection→refinery-gate mobilization plan + residue/food-security/traceability safeguards.
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- ICAO/EU ACT-SAF Feasibility Study on the Use of SAF in Ethiopia, 2025
- https://www.icao.int/sites/default/files/environmental-protection/Documents/ACT-SAF/Ethiopia-full-Feasibility-Study-Report.pdf
- https://addisfortune.news/ethiopian-airlines-turns-to-homegrown-biofuel-in-bold-push-to-green-the-skies
- https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/47517 (Mineral Corp, Sunbird Bioenergy partner in SAF venture)
- https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_7579577 (EMC signs MoU with Sunbird Bioenergy)
- https://bioenergytimes.com/ethiopia-advances-energy-and-transport-strategy-with-major-project/
- https://capitalethiopia.com/2024/08/05/ethiopian-airlines-partners-with-satarem-to-produce-saf/
- https://corporate.ethiopianairlines.com/Press-release-open-page/ethiopian-airlines-takes-delivery-of-its-20th-a350-900-powered-by-sustainable-aviation-fuel-(saf)
- https://rsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/RSB-SAF-Roadmap-Ethiopia-WEB-Rev1.pdf
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.