The European Commission has launched an eight-week consultation on how to tackle the rising climate change impacts of aviation. The results will feed into a strategy paper due this summer, focusing on possible use of economic instruments.
[mailchimp_signup][/mailchimp_signup]There are two versions of the online survey, one for individual citizens and the other for organisations.
Industry claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, that more flights benefit the economy, undermined by new research.
Challenging assumptions on the economic benefits of air transport growth
‘STIP’ diagnoses the problems for decarbonising planes and ships, but there is an urgency to act now, says T&E.