BRUSSELS – Flights in the European Union are to be given an environmental label from 2025 in a wider effort to promote the uptake of more sustainable fuels in aviation, reported German news agency dpa.
The label is to provide consumers with information about the expected carbon footprint per passenger and allow them to compare the environmental performance of different operators, a European Parliament press release said.
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member countries also agreed last night 2% of jet fuel is to be sustainable fuel from 2025, followed by a gradual increase to 70% by 2050.
“With this regulation, the decarbonisation of aviation becomes closer,” said EU Parliament lead negotiator Jose Ramon Bauza Diaz, a liberal lawmaker from Spain.
Fuels considered sustainable are to include synthetic fuels, certain biofuels produced from sources including algae, bio-waste or used cooking oil, recycled jet fuels from waste gases and plastic, and hydrogen generated from renewable energy.
The agreement still has to be formally adopted by the Parliament and respective capitals.
The initiative to promote the supply and uptake of more sustainable fuels in aviation is meant to contribute to the EU’s climate goals.
The bloc wants to cut greenhouse gas emission by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990-levels and become climate-neutral by 2050.
Civil aviation is responsible for 13.4% of the EU’s CO2 emissions in the transport sector, according to the European Parliament. – Bernama, April 26, 2023
