EU threatens China, India over airline emissions

EurActiv, and other news sources, reported that the European Commission gave defiant Chinese and Indian airlines one month from 15 May 2012 to report their carbon emissions after they failed to meet their deadline, expanding a transcontinental feud over the EU’s Emissions Trading System.

Subsequently, India threatened to ban European airlines from its airspace if the Commission sanctioned Indian carriers in the dispute.

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ESO: Background information: Envoy says China wants to avert trade spat over ETS http://www.europeansources.info/record/envoy-says-china-wants-to-avert-trade-spat-over-ets/

ESO: Background information: Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) http://www.europeansources.info/record/emissions-trading-system-eu-ets/

European Commission: DG Climate Action: Policies: Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/index_en.htm

European Commission: DG Climate Action: Policies: Transport: Aviation: Reducing emissions from the aviation sector http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/aviation/index_en.htm

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release, IP/12/477: Emissions trading: annual compliance round-up shows declining emissions in 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/477&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 15.5.12: Airlines 'are conforming' with EU rules on emissions http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18070789

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