MEPs call for EU regulation of ships and planes’ carbon under reformed ETS

EU lawmakers’ vote today to include shipping in the emissions trading system (ETS) and bring the cap on aviation emissions into line with other sectors, as part of a reformed ETS, is fair and will help ensure ships and planes will not undermine climate action in other industries, sustainable transport group Transport & Environment has said.

The European Parliament’s environment committee called for EU shipping emissions to be included in the ETS from 2023 if the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) does not deliver a global deal by 2021. MEPs also voted for the cap on aviation carbon emissions to decline in line with other sectors and for a reduction in the number of free allowances, which airlines have been using to achieve windfall profits. [...]

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