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European airlines to trade emissions allowances

The European Commission is expected to announce on Wednesday that air travel to, from and within Europe will be brought under its existing carbon trading scheme, putting pressure on airlines to curb their greenhouse gas emissions.

According to a leak reported in the Financial Times, the EC will say that emissions caps will apply to flights within the European Union from 2011 and be extended to include international flights from 2012.

EC environment spokesperson Barbara Helfferich told New Scientist that airlines will be asked to apply for emissions allowances through a national authority of their choice.

“For instance, American Airlines could decide that most of its flights fly into Paris and therefore choose French authorities. They would tell the French how many allowances they need to cover their flights and the French would relay that to the European Commission,” explains Helfferich.

The EC will assess these requests much as it assesses National Allocation Plans under the current emissions trading scheme, with a view to gradually reducing air travel emissions allowances.

(http://environment.newscientist.com/article. ns?id=dn10829&feedId=onlinenews_ rss20. March 10, 2007)

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