The inclusion of aviation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme - Memorandum to Department for Transport consultation

Climate change is a justice issue. It has overwhelmingly been caused by the richest, yet the poorest will suffer most from its effects. The UK government is committed to preventing average global temperatures rising more than 2°C on pre-industrial levels. This memorandum looks at the impact on this of including aviation emissions into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), and raises the following issues: The cap on aviation emissions needs strengthening to ensure a fair relationship between aviation and other sectors included in the ETS; 100 per cent of allowances need to be allocated through auctioning; the non CO2 impacts of aviation must be included; all emissions reductions must be within the EU; there should be no mechanism to use project credits from Joint Implementation or the Clean Development Mechanism.