Brussels, 07/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has set aviation's level of historical emissions at over 219 million tonnes of CO2, with a view to the full inclusion of the sector in the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) from 1 January 2012. The decision, taken on Monday 7 March, will make it possible to calculate the number of aviation allowances to be available from 2012.
The figure agreed on Monday - 219,476,343 tonnes of CO2 - corresponds to the average of the...