Global aviation deal used to prevent Europe's ambition for the sector

Carbon Market Watch criticizes the European Commission's proposal to reduce the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for international aviation. The organization argues that replacing the EU ETS with the ICAO's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) would reduce the coverage of global aviation emissions from 35% to 8% and significantly lower the cost per tonne of CO2 emitted from 5 EUR to 0.31 EUR. The document asserts that the EU ETS is more ambitious than CORSIA because it utilizes an absolute cap and mandatory compliance, whereas CORSIA is voluntary until 2027 and based entirely on offsetting.

• The European Commission has proposed excluding international flights from the EU ETS in response to the ICAO offsetting measure adopted in October 2016, though international carriers would still be regulated for flights within Europe.
• Adopting the proposal to reduce the scope of the EU ETS would decrease its coverage of global aviation emissions from 35% to 8%.
• Replacing the EU ETS with CORSIA offsets would drastically reduce the cost of emissions for the aviation sector, dropping from approximately 5 EUR per tonne of CO2 to 0.31 EUR per tonne.
• The EU ETS is characterized as more ambitious than CORSIA because it employs an absolute cap, is mandatory, and prohibits offsetting after 2020, while CORSIA allows unlimited growth, is voluntary until 2027, and relies completely on offsetting.

APA

Perlman, K. (2017). Global aviation deal used to prevent Europe's ambition for the sector. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2017/03/30/global-aviation-deal-used-to-prevent-europes-ambition-for-the-sector/

Chicago

Perlman, Kelsey. Global aviation deal used to prevent Europe's ambition for the sector. Carbon Market Watch, 2017. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2017/03/30/global-aviation-deal-used-to-prevent-europes-ambition-for-the-sector/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{perlman2017global, author = {Perlman, Kelsey}, title = {{Global aviation deal used to prevent Europe's ambition for the sector}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2017/03/30/global-aviation-deal-used-to-prevent-europes-ambition-for-the-sector/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }