Addressing aviation emissions under the EU Emissions Trading System
In February 2017, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal regarding coverage of aviation emissions by the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). In response to the offsetting agreement reached in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in October of 2016, the Commission proposes to cover only intra-European flights with the EU ETS and to exclude flights entering and leaving Europe. The response to CORSIA must not undermine the achievement of domestic EU climate targets. When the EU set its climate targets, it incl