Carbon Market Watch criticises the vote that gives in to international pressure and undermines the EU's commitment to
tackle aviation emissions.
WWF's James Beard argues there has never been a better opportunity to deliver an ambitious international deal for
tackling aviation emissions
Not exact matches
Political momentum to combat climate change has grown remarkably since 195 adopted the Paris Agreement last December, with international agreements recently adopted for how to
tackle emissions from
aviation [1] and HFCs (Hydrofluorocarbons)[2].
The Swedish government is
tackling the soaring
emissions from
aviation through an extra fee on airline tickets.
However, unlike a country, the
aviation industry will not face a binding requirement to
tackle its
emissions at the UN climate talks in Paris this December, where a new international deal is set to be signed.
Strasbourg / Brussels, 13 November 2007 - EU plans to
tackle aviation's increasing climate change impacts through the
Emissions Trading Scheme remain inadequate after MEPs failed to significantly strengthen European Commission proposals in Strasbourg earlier today (13 November)[1].
I was reminded of this by the reaction to a paper recently released by my Institute on the need to begin
tackling greenhouse gas
emissions from
aviation.
Leaving aside the fact that cutting
emissions from cars or coal may prove much easier than
tackling the impact of agriculture, or
aviation, we can't forget that international deals still send signals about which way the wind is blowing.
There is even growing optimism amongst well placed sources that a breakthrough on
tackling emissions from
aviation and shipping could be made this year.