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| EU to tackle aircraft emissions | EU to tackle aircraft emissions |
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| Europe's airlines are expected to have limits set on the amount of greenhouse gases they can emit. | |
| The EU's environment commissioner is to propose including airlines in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which aims to tackle climate change. | The EU's environment commissioner is to propose including airlines in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which aims to tackle climate change. |
| At first the plan would include flights within the EU, expanding to include flights in and out of the EU by 2012. | At first the plan would include flights within the EU, expanding to include flights in and out of the EU by 2012. |
| The ETS aims to meet Europe's obligations under the Kyoto protocol to deal with greenhouse gases. | The ETS aims to meet Europe's obligations under the Kyoto protocol to deal with greenhouse gases. |
| Up to now, the aviation sector has been outside the carbon trading scheme. | Up to now, the aviation sector has been outside the carbon trading scheme. |
| That was simply due to its exclusion from the Kyoto protocol discussions, which set out the roadmap for cutting dangerous gases from the atmosphere. | That was simply due to its exclusion from the Kyoto protocol discussions, which set out the roadmap for cutting dangerous gases from the atmosphere. |
| Economic arguments | Economic arguments |
| But EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has said he hopes to aim for a 30% cut in EU emissions by 2020. | But EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has said he hopes to aim for a 30% cut in EU emissions by 2020. |
| CARBON TRADING Designed to be a cheap method of achieving emissions cutsEnsures the cheapest efficiency savings are made firstNational governments allocate allowances to industry, in line with their Kyoto targetNational plans vetted by European CommissionAllows participants to gain credits by financing clean development projects abroad Q&A: EU carbon trading Air travel currently accounts for between 3% and 8% of unwanted gases - figures issued by the industry and environmental groups vary within this range. | CARBON TRADING Designed to be a cheap method of achieving emissions cutsEnsures the cheapest efficiency savings are made firstNational governments allocate allowances to industry, in line with their Kyoto targetNational plans vetted by European CommissionAllows participants to gain credits by financing clean development projects abroad Q&A: EU carbon trading Air travel currently accounts for between 3% and 8% of unwanted gases - figures issued by the industry and environmental groups vary within this range. |
| The BBC's Joe Lynam in Brussels says the aviation industry admits it has a role to play combating climate change. | The BBC's Joe Lynam in Brussels says the aviation industry admits it has a role to play combating climate change. |
| But is also quick to point out how important air travel is to economic growth. | But is also quick to point out how important air travel is to economic growth. |
| Aviation body Iata contends that grounding all airliners would have a small impact on CO2 emission - but a dramatic one on the global economy. | Aviation body Iata contends that grounding all airliners would have a small impact on CO2 emission - but a dramatic one on the global economy. |
| Consumer groups are worried that it will be travellers and not the airline companies who will end up paying to make the skies greener, our correspondent adds. | Consumer groups are worried that it will be travellers and not the airline companies who will end up paying to make the skies greener, our correspondent adds. |