Aviation Emissions

Aircraft emissions look pretty sometimes
Airlines like idea of offsetting carbon emissions but not caps
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
May 14, 2013
According to reports emanating from Montreal, ahead of a three-day symposium on Aviation and Climate Change being held by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the civil aviation industry is edging toward embracing a mandatory scheme for offsetting its greenhouse gas emissions. ICAO, a United Nations body, has been tasked with developing a global plan to manage aviation emissions in time for its triennial assembly in September.
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An EU-China airline emissions deal on the cards?
It appears that there may be light at the end of the tunnel in the ongoing dispute between China and the EU over aviation emissions by skirting the latter’s provocative Emissions Trading System (ETS).
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EU aviation emissions
EU halts aviation carbon cap and trade — temporarily
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
November 13, 2012
The European Union (EU) announced yesterday that it will apply a one-year moratorium on the controversial inclusion of civil aviation under its Emissions Trading System (ETS), which has mandated that all airlines flying to and from EU pay for their carbon emissions. The freeze follows threats of widespread international retaliation from such heavyweights as the US, China, Russia and India, and is said to allow for the EU rethink its approach. Flights by airlines within the EU will still have to pay for their carbon emissions.
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China green aviation
Billions for Chinese energy saving, airline emission cuts
Mike Dunn
August 22, 2012
China will invest 2.37 trillion yuan (USD375.6 billion) in major energy-saving projects during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-2015), according to the State Council yesterday. In a separate, but related announcement, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said yesterday that part of its development fund will be channeled into energy-saving programs of domestic airlines and plane manufacturers. Although not stated as such, this move has clear implications for China’s on-going dispute with the European Union over its tax on airline carbon emissions.
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EU’s ETS opponents urge multilateral emissions approach
Seventeen countries opposed to an EU law that forces their air carriers to pay for the carbon they emit on flights to and from Europe reaffirmed they want to keep working on a multilateral framework under the United Nation’s global aviation body, a senior US official said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
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Int’l pressure may delay EU’s aviation emissions scheme
Draft proposals to tackle the carbon impact of aviation look set to be delayed until March 2013, according to the head of the UN body overseeing long-running negotiations to deliver a global deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the sector, according to UK website Business Green.
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China’s anti-ETS measures could include seizing EU aircraft
China will take swift counter-measures that could include impounding European aircraft if the EU punishes Chinese airlines for non-compliance with a scheme to curb carbon emissions, the China Air Transport Association warned yesterday, according to Reuters.
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Ten Chinese and Indian airlines slip EU emissions report deadline
A total of 10 Chinese and Indian airlines failed to submit carbon-dioxide emissions data for 2011, rebuffing European rules that seek to expand the region’s emissions trading system to include aviation, according to news agencies. There has been “systematic non-reporting” of emissions to and from Europe from 10 airlines based in India and China, according to a statement on the European Commission’s website yesterday. All other international carriers flying to or from Europe have complied, the European Union's climate chief told reporters on Tuesday.
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Approach to the bording gates at Hong Kong International Airport
HK Airport’s green ambitions mask poor government planning
Fergus O'Rorke
May 09, 2012
On the back of announcing a significant reduction in the carbon-intensity of their operations the Airport Authority Hong Kong and 40 business partners have pledged to make Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) the world's greenest. While a laudable goal this may not be enough to fend off mounting concern among the Hong Kong general public, NGOs and legislators about the environmental conditions in and around the airport, which may ultimately derail plans to add a third runway to HKIA.
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EU aviation emissions
China tax may allow resolution of EU climate aviation dispute
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
April 23, 2012
The EU is investigating whether a Chinese plan to use revenues from a passenger tax on international flights towards emissions reduction initiatives is sufficient to exempt the country's airlines from the bloc's own carbon reduction laws.
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