Presidential pardon gives no-cost airlines the all clear
Expanding the EU ETS to all departing EEA flights, including those operated by US airlines, is crucial to generate much needed revenue and spark aviation’s green transition.
Sky polluters, time to chip in… Citizens, time to cash in!
In this policy briefing, CMW presents the main findings and shares our policy recommendations for how the EU should consider aviation carbon pricing.
EU’s Emissions Trading System v UN’s CORSIA: Which is better for the climate?
No airline has yet been obliged to use a single carbon credit under the UN’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). And when they will, CMW research reveals the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) imposes a carbon price on aviation emissions that is 25 times higher.
Summer hot ticket: Why flying has twice the climate impact you’d expect
CO2 and non-CO2 emissions caused by flying aren’t simply lost in the clouds. There are actions policymakers and airlines can take today to alleviate aviation’s climate impact, explains CMW’s Bastien Bonnet-Cantalloube Summer has arrived, and it is time for that well earned holiday. However, when fretting over the last-minute stuffing of the suitcase or the …
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Unforced Error: Assessing the climate actions of the men’s tennis tour
The jetsetting ideal of the men’s tennis tour is helping to push the climate towards break(ing) point. So if offsetting isn’t the fix that the ATP is hoping for what is?
Climate action requires turning up the heat on aviation
As holidaymakers travel across the European continent to discover their destinations besieged by record-setting heatwaves and wildfires, the airline industry continues to promote the idea that jet setting need not cost the Earth. The new climate reality suggests otherwise.
MEPs fail to harness industrial pollution law to achieve climate goals
The failure of the European Parliament’s environment committee (ENVI) to demand limits on the amount of greenhouse gases industrial installations are allowed to emit undermines its proposal that the Industrial Emissions Directive should help achieve decarbonisation.
Scoping voluntary corporate climate action in the European aviation sector
The beyond value chain mitigation (BCVM) approaches for eight European airlines, which were collectively responsible for over half of the total CO2e emissions of the aviation sector in the EU in 2019, were assessed in this study to provide insights with regards to both the extent and quality of efforts, beyond the value chain, to …
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More ambitious European carbon market could slash aviation emissions by an extra 53%
Europe’s carbon market – the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) – could deliver up to 53% more emission reductions for aviation in Europe if applied to all departing flights compared to the current plan, and 113% more reduction if extended to both incoming and outgoing flights, a new study finds.
