EC Publishes Data on Which To Base Aviation Emission Trading Schemes
The European Commission has at last decided on the basis under which it will calculate the number of aviation allowances under the EU Emission Trading Sche
The number of aviation allowances the EC would create next year amounts to 212,892,052 metric tons of carbon dioxide. [Photo: Embraer]
The number of aviation allowances the EC would create next year amounts to 212,892,052 metric tons of carbon dioxide. [Photo: Embraer]

The European Commission has at last decided on the basis under which it will calculate the number of aviation allowances under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) starting January 1.

On March 7 the EC announced it would use average carbon-dioxide emissions of all flights to and from European airports that the EU-ETS would have covered in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Based on the figure for average annual aviation emissions between 2004 and 2006, the number of aviation allowances the commission would create next year amounts to 212,892,052 metric tons of CO2 (97 percent of historic aviation emissions), and the number of aviation allowances each year from 2013 onwards amounts to 208,502,525 metric tons of CO2 (95 percent of historic aviation emissions).