EU Sets Terms For Global Aviation Climate Talks

Last updated on 1 May 2013, 8:08 am – Contact the team at info@rtcc.org EU: The EU has set the terms necessary for it to continue to discount international airlines from its regional carbon trading scheme. Jos Delbeke, director general of the European Commission’s climate action directorate said an agreement in principle to allow all states to take part in a global deal and a timetable for that agreement would be necessary to preven tit from overturning its “ stop the clock ” measures. The EU stopped asking international airlines using EU airports to take part in its cap and trade system on the condition that a global deal was agreed at the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) general assembly in September. ( GreenAir ) The EU has clarified its minimum expectations for the ICAO talks that would prevent it from including international airlines in its own cap and trade scheme again (Source: Virgin) Taylor Scott International