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.
Sky polluters, time to chip in… Citizens, time to cash in! – study
By confronting the aviation industry’s full climate impact, our research shows that by applying the polluter-pays principle and expanding carbon pricing to non-covered aviation climate impacts, there could be a tenfold increase in EU ETS revenues between 2025 and 2040 from the aviation sector.
US and international pressure got aviation a 13-year pass on climate – now the EU must end it
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which requires polluters to pay for their emissions, was a world first, yet international aviation emissions are still exempt from ETS pricing despite their huge climate damage. The EU must now bring international aviation back under regulation, stand up for its values and reaffirm its role as a global climate action leader.
Defending EU sovereignty and values in response to US trade pressure
In 2012, it was undoubtedly the main reason for backing down: the EU had dropped its plan to cover all flights departing from and arriving in Europe under its carbon market scheme, following intense pressure from industry and major economies, not least the United States. It was the infamous ‘stop the clock’ to the full scope under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).
EU must protect flagship climate policies against Big Oil’s green fuel failure and aviation sector attacks
The demand of airlines to ground or delay two flagship EU climate policies for the aviation sector would result in soaring emissions, delay decarbonisation and hurt the European Union’s efforts to become a clean tech leader. The EU must hold steady on its course.
CMW response to stakeholder survey on carbon leakage and mitigating measures – aviation
The document is Carbon Market Watch’s response to a stakeholder survey organised in the context of the drafting of a study by the European Commission’s DG MOVE on the subject of carbon leakage and mitigating measures in the EU aviation sector. The consortium responsible for the survey and drafting of the study is led by …
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Unsafe for takeoff: False solutions will not help aviation sector navigate climate crisis
The aviation industry is championing offsetting, carbon removals and other technical quick fixes to help it fly under the radar of climate action and avoid actual emissions reductions.
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.
Billionauts’ space tourism and Mars fantasies need to be pulled back to Earth
Space has become the final frontier for tourism. But is it responsible during a climate crisis for the super-rich to play billionauts and boldly go where no billionaire has gone before in search of a Planet B? Tech billionaire and pioneering space tourist Jared Isaacman is back and he is on a mission to boldly …
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