EU not to spare Aviation from emission plan

New Delhi: The European Union has made clear that while it would not consider putting on hold the inclusion of the aviation sector in its Emission Trading Scheme, it was willing to consider whether India's efforts to reduce carbon emissions could qualify for waivers.
Likewise, the EU stressed that while it would push for a legally binding international climate agreement to which all countries are equally accountable, it is not asking developing countries like India to take on absolute emission reduction targets.
Aviation was brought under the EU Emission Trading Scheme from January 1. As a result all airlines landing in any of the European Union airports have to pay a price for emitting planet-warming gases during a flight. India, along with the US, China and several other nations, has opposed this.
European Union's climate change commissioner Connie Hedegaard, who met civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Friday, said, "We are not dictating others what to do. They can do whatever they want and we can discuss if they are equivalent measures. I invited the Indian minister so that we could engage in a discussion on equivalent measures. We had a very constructive dialogue."
04/02/12 Economic Times

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Categories: Foreign Feb 2012