Washington/Brussels: The European Union welcomed on Friday progress made by the U.N.'s civil aviation body toward a global deal to cut carbon emissions from the sector, raising hopes that the bloc may stand down from applying its controversial law that forces all airlines to pay for their pollution.
The governing council of the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based in Montreal, discussed on Friday how it could deliver a global approach to tackling airline emissions.
The European Commission, the EU's executive, has said that a concrete global framework from ICAO would be a justification for changing its law.
The Commission has been under immense pressure to scrap the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which requires all airlines using European airports to pay for each ton of carbon they emit flying into and out of the continent.
10/11/12 Reuters/Business Standard
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The governing council of the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based in Montreal, discussed on Friday how it could deliver a global approach to tackling airline emissions.
The European Commission, the EU's executive, has said that a concrete global framework from ICAO would be a justification for changing its law.
The Commission has been under immense pressure to scrap the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which requires all airlines using European airports to pay for each ton of carbon they emit flying into and out of the continent.
10/11/12 Reuters/Business Standard
