Policy Brief | 16.05.2024 - Aviation in the EU climate policy - Key issues for the EU 2040 and 2050 target

Aviation in the EU climate policy Policy Brief | 16.05.2024 Aviation in the EU climate policy Key issues for the EU 2040 and 2050 target // Nora Wissner, Verena Graichen This briefing provides an overview of the status quo (as of December 2023) and recent changes of EU legislation for the aviation sector. [...] The ETS and ReFuelEU Aviation are complementary as one prices the emissions and the other directly promotes the use of SAF (as the most important tool to reduce emissions). [...] The EU ETS and the RED are linked via the use of alternative fuels in aviation: their use reduces the surrender obligation in the EU ETS and contributes to the target ful- filment of the RED. [...] 22 There is no differentiation anymore between the sectors contributing to the denominator and to the numerator of the renewable share targets, deleting the optional contribution of maritime transport and aviation. [...] EU (2020): Submission by Germany and the European Commission on behalf of the European Union and its Member States: The update of the nationally determined contribution of the European Union and its Member States.