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Reducing climate impacts from international aviation: Europe leads the way

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Subido el 8 de agosto de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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The European Commission is proposing legislation to bring the aviation sector into the European Union's pioneering emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) in order to control the rapid growth in CO2 emissions from air travel. Until now airlines have not been subject to the constraints on energy consumption or greenhouse gas emissions that other businesses have to live with. Emissions from domestic flights are covered by the Kyoto Protocol’s emission targets for developed countries, but international aviation – which makes up the vast majority of flights - is not. In addition, jet fuel for international flights has historically been exempted from taxation. Hence the need for policy action. The film was shot in Belgium, UK and the Netherlands. It includes a graphic presentation of the European ETS as it applies to air companies, with interviews with Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment, and Jos Delbeke, the European Commission director responsible for climate change policy. Scientific experts explain how aviation can still improve the fuel efficiency of modern aircraft, and British Airports Authority and a UK-based air company Easy Jet give their opinions on the proposal.

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Traveling halfway across the globe to reach a holiday destination is no longer an inaccessible dream. 00:00:00
Flying off for a weekend in the sun is no more a jet-set luxury. 00:00:07
As a result, air traffic has risen sharply in recent years, 00:00:11
and the impact of aviation on climate change is causing increasing concern. 00:00:15
Within the European Union, aviation is currently responsible for around 3% of greenhouse gases, such as CO2. 00:00:21
But this figure could well explode given the strength of demand. 00:00:28
The volume is increasing by 5 or 6% a year. 00:00:32
Well, the aviation sector is getting a bit more efficient, but not more than 1% a year or so. 00:00:35
So that means that the emissions are rising by 4 to 5% year on year. 00:00:41
And that is what we are seeing right now. 00:00:46
And if year on year you have 4 to 5% growth of emissions, that means in 15 years a doubling. 00:00:48
The figures speak for themselves. 00:00:56
For the European Commission, it's urgent to act, since aviation, unlike other means of transport, is not taxed on fuel. 00:00:58
So there's little incentive for it to cut its CO2 emissions. 00:01:07
While in the industrial sector we reduce emissions with 15 to 25% between 1990 and 2004, 00:01:13
the emissions from aviation have been growing with more than 80%. 00:01:21
We have been successful in reducing the emissions in the normal industrial installations, 00:01:27
in the power sector, in the steel sector, in the pulp and paper sector, etc. 00:01:33
So we cannot continue to be successful in one sector, 00:01:37
and to neutralize that positive result by developments in other sectors. 00:01:40
And aviation is one of the most striking examples. 00:01:45
The European Commissioner for the Environment wants to see aviation take on its share of the effort to combat climate change. 00:01:48
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The European Union
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8 de agosto de 2007 - 9:28
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