Europe May Finally Charge International Flights for Emissions — U.S. and China Get a Pass
The plan would put 2029 emissions charges on flights under 5,000 km and keep exemptions for U.S., China and outermost-region routes.
- On Friday, the European Commission proposed extending the Emissions Trading System to international flights arriving in Europe from destinations within 5,000 km starting in 2029, marking the first carbon pricing for such routes.
- Climate Commissioner Hopke Woekstra stated aviation is the only major sector where emissions are rising, requiring regulation to address competitive disadvantages against Gulf hubs that subsidize their airlines.
- Despite covering private jets for the first time, 47% of Europe's aviation remains exempt from carbon pricing, which aviation director Diane Vitry said must be only a starting point.
- Industrial companies will receive 80% of free emissions allowances after publishing board-approved decarbonization investment plans, with the remaining 20% withheld until verified emissions reductions are delivered.
- The European Parliament and The Council will begin political negotiations after the summer to align the revised carbon market with the EU's legally binding 2040 climate target.
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The rules will apply to all flights that land within a radius of 5,000 kilometres. The major foreign markets USA, China and India are excluded.
The EU Commission wants to expand emissions trading in aviation. It is to become mandatory for departures to destinations in a radius of 5,000 kilometres around Frankfurt.
From 2029, EU emissions trading will also apply to flights outside Europe. Targets in Africa and parts of Asia would be affected, but not in the USA, China and India.
Europe May Finally Charge International Flights for Emissions — U.S. and China Get a Pass
Associations are unhappy with Europe’s plans to make the aviation industry pay more for its international emissions — for different reasons. One side argues proposals don’t go far enough, and the other says they shouldn’t exist at all.
Airline emissions bills and carbon credits for investment dominate revamp of EU’s labyrinthine emissions scheme
International flights arriving in Europe from destinations within 5,000 km will be required to pay for their CO2 emissions from 2029 as part of a major overhaul of the EU’s emissions trading system announced on Friday (17 July). The review of the Emissions Trading System (ETS), which offers economic incentives to businesses to reduce their carbon emissions, and sets a price on carbon, has already been subject to a major lobbying effort that wil…
EU Takes Half-hearted Step Towards Taxing International Flights - CleanTechnica
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