Climate Change
The main instrument of EU policy to combat climate change, the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) (EC, 2005), was extended to air transport in 2012 and covers all flights by EU and non-EU airlines in the EU air space. It embraces 31 States including the 28 EU Member States and Norway, Iceland andLiechtenstein. However, the Commission proposed
to “stop the clock” on implementing international aspects of ETS aviation by deferring for a year the obligation to surrender emissions allowances from air traffic to and from Europe, awaiting international agreement on a global solution for CO2 reduction under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).