IATA BOSS CALLS ON EUROPE TO EASE TENSION OVER EMISSIONS TRADING
June 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DIRECTOR General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants the European Union (EU) to compromise over forcing non-EU carriers to use the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). All airlines flying to and from Europe should have participated from January 1, but this has been opposed strongly by China, India, the USA and others.
Speaking at the recent IATA AGM in Beijing, association head Tony Tyler said the EU should ease its demands for universal participation, allowing all countries to negotiate a global solution through the ...
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