The European Parliament’s rapporteur for the review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Peter Liese (EPP, Germany), defended the introduction of a new EU Emissions Trading System covering emissions from buildings and road transport (ETS2), on Tuesday 22 March, in a discussion with his colleagues on Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
In his view, the EU needs a functioning ETS, to extend this system to the maritime sector and to...