This paper proposes an objective way of estimating and allocating “differentiated” responsibilities for carbon emissions across countries. These responsibilities translate into specific obligations and
The head of the United Nations body that oversees civil aviation said on Friday that his agency still plans to have a proposal on measures to address emissions from aviation by the end of 2012, even as
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is making little headway on market-based measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions from international shipping, putting it on a policy collision course with
A growing number of national and regional governments are likely to use voluntary carbon credits to meet mandatory climate targets, a report by U.S. research company Ecosystem Marketplace said on Thursday.
Australia's rapid expansion of coal ports in the next decade will threaten the Great Barrier Reef as increased ship traffic, port infrastructure and dredging put pressure on the world's largest coral reef,
Funding is a major stumbling block for environmental initiatives, says Edward Barbier. Taxing financial transactions or trade in arms, tobacco and fuel might help.
China today asked the European Union to take into considerations the serious concerns of the international community over its carbon emissions tax plan for air and shipping services, warning the 27-nation
The decision by cargo airline comes as a surprise, as the proposed tax comes into existence only in 2013. Adecision by a little-known cargo airline to raise rates, normally a routine affair, could turn
New Delhi Faced with European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating in its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a series of measures which would impose heavy costs on European airlines and plane manufacturers. A joint declaration to this effect was unanimously adopted at a meeting of these countries in Moscow earlier this week, which asked the EU and its member states that they ‘‘must cease application of the directive 2008/101/EC to airlines/ aircraft operators registered in third states’’.
Countries opposed to an EU law forcing the world’s airlines to pay for carbon emissions have agreed on a basket of retaliatory measures but will leave it up to each country to choose among them, Russia’s deputy transport minister said on Wednesday. “Each country has the options of barring its airlines from participating in the European Union's carbon scheme, lodging a formal complaint with the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), ceasing talks with European carriers on new routes and imposing retaliatory levies on EU airlines.
NEW DELHI: The government is mulling a law to ban Indian airlines from participating in the European Union's stringent carbon tax scheme. India is considering its first retaliatory steps in the wake of
