Regulations and Government
EU-ETS: Does this Mean War?
Yolanda Villar Rubarte, director general Climate Action for the European Commission. Photo by David McIntosh
Yolanda Villar Rubarte, director general Climate Action for the European Commission. Photo by David McIntosh

While business aircraft operators tear their hair out trying to comply with the European Union’s controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS), the issue is threatening to escalate into a full-blown trade war. But an ETS panel held at EBACE 2012 in Geneva today heard that the EU appears to have no intention of backing down, with the discussion underscoring the vast gulf between the aims of the carbon cap-and-trade policy and the realities of compliance.