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cent emissions cut for airlines, 20 per cent for ships
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 16 - 10 - 2009


The European Union's Swedish presidency wants
global climate talks in Copenhagen in December to set the first-ever
greenhouse-gas emissions targets for airlines and shipping companies, according to dpa.
But EU member states with large shipping sectors are fighting to
block the proposal, which would force airlines around the world to
cut emissions by 10 per cent and shipping firms by 20 per cent in the
next 10 years, EU diplomats said Friday.
Sweden, current holder of the EU's rotating presidency, wants a
meeting of EU environment ministers in Luxembourg on Wednesday to
endorse the proposal as part of the bloc's preparation for United
Nations talks on climate change in Copenhagen in December.
The EU is keen to seize the initiative in those talks by coming to
the table with a blueprint deal approved by all 27 member states.
A draft agreement prepared for the environment ministers' meeting
and seen by the German Press Agency dpa calls on the UN conference to
set targets of "-10 per cent for the aviation sector and -20 per cent
for the maritime sector below 2005 levels by 2020."
Airlines and shipping companies are not currently covered by
international emission rules. The EU has long argued that they should
be included in the Copenhagen deal, but has hitherto avoided
proposing specific targets.
However, EU diplomats said it was not yet clear whether
environment ministers would endorse the reduction targets, which were
first proposed by the EU's executive, the European Commission.
Member states with substantial shipping industries, such as
Cyprus, Denmark, Germany and Greece, say that the proposed targets
would cripple the sector and could force European firms to move their
headquarters out of Europe, according to EU sources.
In a bid to allay those fears, the draft says that the caps should
be "implemented in a manner that ensures a level
playing-field" between firms in different countries.


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