ABSTRACT
Our post-war institutions were built for an inter-national world, but we now live in a global world. Responding effectively to this shift is the core institutional challenge for world leaders today.
Taking into account the contemporary, transnational economic and environmental challenges presented in the previous chapter, this chapter calls into question the ability of the post-war, inter-national Chicago System to deal with the global nature of today’s aviation sector. It posits that the ongoing work of the global aviation community of not only States but also including non-state and private actors on a global market-based mechanism for inter - national aviation emissions marks an unprecedented, transformational shift in the style of economic and environmental regulation of international aviation. In turn, this reveals the emergence of a new, global approach to governance of aviation in which the range of issues that traditionally have been exclusively in the national remit – health, human rights, environment and even market regulation – are elevated to the global level. Indeed, this chapter also identifies new global competition safeguards and principles on consumer protection. This author suggests that these actions create a new governance space for addressing global issues more effectively through enhanced cooperation, shared responsibility between States, non-state actors and private actors and participants as partners in civil aviation.
