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The European Commission said on Wednesday that the European Union was considering limiting quotas to force airlines to use more sustainable fuels in a quest to curb aviation's climate impact
.
While this year's coronavirus crisis has drastically cut emissions from air travel, CO2 emissions from flights within Europe climbed year after year from 2013 to 2019, and the industry is far from meeting the EU's goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2050
.
To help address this, the committee plans to push airlines to replace fossil kerosene
with low-carbon fuels, such as liquid advanced biofuels and fuels generated from renewable electricity.
In a consultation launched on Wednesday, the committee proposed a number of options, including setting quotas for airlines to use a certain share of sustainable fuel, and obligations
for the fuel industry to produce a minimum share.
Other options include a European trading system for fuel carbon credits, a European tender for sustainable fuel production or a new "green airline" certification scheme
.
Sustainable fuels account for only 0.
05% of EU jet fuel consumption, and the high cost compared to traditional kerosene and the lack of demand from airlines hinder the development of
sustainable fuels.
The committee also revealed that a kerosene tax is an option and acknowledged that the lack of such a tax has a large impact
on creating a sustainable price gap between jet fuel and fossil kerosene.
Countries including the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark have called on the EU to tax aviation to address the industry's environmental impact, but the issue will be difficult to implement because EU taxation would have to be agreed unanimously, meaning that as long as one country disagrees, the measure
can be vetoed.
The European Commission said on Wednesday that the European Union was considering limiting quotas to force airlines to use more sustainable fuels in a quest to curb aviation's climate impact
.
While this year's coronavirus crisis has drastically cut emissions from air travel, CO2 emissions from flights within Europe climbed year after year from 2013 to 2019, and the industry is far from meeting the EU's goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2050
.
To help address this, the committee plans to push airlines to replace fossil kerosene
with low-carbon fuels, such as liquid advanced biofuels and fuels generated from renewable electricity.
In a consultation launched on Wednesday, the committee proposed a number of options, including setting quotas for airlines to use a certain share of sustainable fuel, and obligations
for the fuel industry to produce a minimum share.
Other options include a European trading system for fuel carbon credits, a European tender for sustainable fuel production or a new "green airline" certification scheme
.
Sustainable fuels account for only 0.
05% of EU jet fuel consumption, and the high cost compared to traditional kerosene and the lack of demand from airlines hinder the development of
sustainable fuels.
The committee also revealed that a kerosene tax is an option and acknowledged that the lack of such a tax has a large impact
on creating a sustainable price gap between jet fuel and fossil kerosene.
Countries including the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark have called on the EU to tax aviation to address the industry's environmental impact, but the issue will be difficult to implement because EU taxation would have to be agreed unanimously, meaning that as long as one country disagrees, the measure
can be vetoed.
