marjan_peeters.pdf
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… is important for universities who want to consider (more ambitious) policies for controlling the aviation emissions caused by staff and students. Aviation emissions caused by travelling across the EU are predominantly regulated by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Moreover, also Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein have joined this regulatory approach, and soon Switzerland will follow. Some Member States consider, or have introduced, additional regulatory approaches, such as taxes. … a more favourable regulation of the aviation sector. Practice until now shows that industrial emissions have decreased, while aviation emissions have increased. This effect will be discussed in view of the specific characteristic of the emissions trading instrument, with an outlook on possible effects of the EU ETS regulation on aviation emissions until 2030 (and beyond). Furthermore, the international context and its related regulatory developments challenge the EU to consider its current …