Letter

Green NGOs letter to Commissioners on Aviation and Climate Change Communication

September 23, 2005

The European Commissioners are due to discuss the communication ‘Reducing the climate change impact of aviation’ at their meeting in Strasbourg this Tuesday (27 September). The Communication is expected to propose the inclusion of CO2 emissions from European flights into the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS).

The Green 10 group of environmental NGOs have written to President Barroso, as well as Commissioners Barrot (Transport), Dimas (Environment), Verheugen (Competition), McCreevy (Internal Market), Wallstrom (Communications), Kroes (Competition), Mandelson (Trade) and Piebalgs (Energy).

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