Copenhagen cap urged for airline emissions

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Series Details 9.9.09
Publication Date 09/09/2009
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Airlines round the world must face a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide they can emit as part of a new international treaty on climate change, the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change said in a report published September 2009.

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ESO: Background information: Aviation and climate change http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-aviation-and-climate-change/
UK: Committee on Climate Change (CCC) http://www.theccc.org.uk/
UK: CCC: Topics: Global targets: International aviation http://www.theccc.org.uk/topics/international-action-on-climate-change/international-aviation
BBC News, 9.9.09: Planes 'to reset climate targets' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8243922.stm
ESO: Background information: United Nations Climate Change Conference, 7-18 December 2008 (COP15) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-united-nations-climate-change-conference-7-18-december-2009-cop15/

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