EU must protect flagship climate policies against big oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks

Carbon Market Watch warns that watering down the EU ETS and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) mandates in response to airline industry pressure would increase emissions and undermine EU clean tech competitiveness. The author calls for extending SAF funding to 2040, expanding the EU ETS to all departing international flights, and implementing penalties for fuel suppliers who fail to meet SAF targets.

• Major EU airline CEOs are seeking to weaken the EU's carbon pricing scheme (EU ETS) and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) mandates under the REFuelEU regulation, which the author claims would lead to increased emissions and hinder the EU's position as a clean tech leader.
• The author proposes extending the SAF funding scheme, currently limited to 20 million allowances, beyond 2030 until 2040 to increase investment certainty and prioritize e-fuels and e-kerosene over unsustainable biofuels.
• Expanding the EU ETS to cover all departing flights from the EU to the rest of the world is recommended to generate funding for decarbonisation and address the most polluting routes.
• The document criticizes the airline industry's proposal to align the EU ETS with the ICAO's CORSIA offsetting scheme, stating that CORSIA has failed to provide incentives for effective decarbonisation and has not resulted in payments from airlines.
• While the EU ETS has reduced overall emissions in covered sectors by 47% since 2005, emissions from flights within the EU increased by 10% in 2023.

APA

Bonnet-Cantalloube, B. (2025). EU must protect flagship climate policies against big oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/03/31/eu-must-protect-flagship-climate-policies-against-big-oils-green-fuel-failure-and-aviation-sector-attacks/

Chicago

Bonnet-Cantalloube, Bastien. EU must protect flagship climate policies against big oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks. Carbon Market Watch, 2025. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/03/31/eu-must-protect-flagship-climate-policies-against-big-oils-green-fuel-failure-and-aviation-sector-attacks/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{bonnetcantalloube2025must, author = {Bonnet-Cantalloube, Bastien}, title = {{EU must protect flagship climate policies against big oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/03/31/eu-must-protect-flagship-climate-policies-against-big-oils-green-fuel-failure-and-aviation-sector-attacks/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }