Letter to the European Commission on reducing emissions from maritime and aviation sectors

The letter argues that international frameworks for aviation and shipping emissions are insufficient to meet Paris Agreement goals. It specifically criticizes ICAO's CORSIA for relying on offsets and the IMO for delaying global CO2 measures. The authors call for the EU ETS to return to full-scope for aviation, include all EU-related shipping emissions in 2030 targets, and eliminate free allowances for both sectors to fund climate initiatives.

• The International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) CORSIA scheme is deemed insufficient as it will offset at most 21% of international aviation emissions between 2021 and 2035, lacks in-sector reduction requirements, and is not legally binding until at least 2027.
• The authors propose that the EU ETS return to full-scope for all flights to and from Europe starting January 1, 2017, which they estimate would generate 427 million tonnes of emissions reductions from 2017 to 2020.
• The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has delayed agreeing on a global CO2 measure for shipping until at least 2023, and the EU's 2013 impact assessment suggests EU-related ship emissions could rise by 80 million tons by 2030 if no action is taken.
• The letter recommends that neither the aviation nor shipping sectors receive free allowances from 2021 onwards, suggesting that auctioning revenues be directed to the Green Climate Fund and a proposed Maritime Climate Fund.

APA

Trio, W. (2017). Letter to the European Commission on reducing emissions from maritime and aviation sectors. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-european-commission-on-reducing-emissions-from-maritime-and-aviation-sectors/

Chicago

Trio, Wendel. Letter to the European Commission on reducing emissions from maritime and aviation sectors. Carbon Market Watch, 2017. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-european-commission-on-reducing-emissions-from-maritime-and-aviation-sectors/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{trio2017letter, author = {Trio, Wendel}, title = {{Letter to the European Commission on reducing emissions from maritime and aviation sectors}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = jan, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-european-commission-on-reducing-emissions-from-maritime-and-aviation-sectors/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }