Preparing For The Implementation Of The EU ETS
Practical Strategies To Enable The Airline Industry To Comply With The Current Design Of The ETS & Facilitate Sustainable Development
- Understanding The Vision For A Global Emissions Trading Scheme And Plans For Post 2012 |
Today’s escalating fuel prices, coupled with increasing aviation duties, are putting a heavy financial burden on the aviation sector. The global demand for air traffic is also increasing, but at a faster rate than the expected efficiency improvements, with the result that the aviation sector is increasingly responsible for emitting high levels of CO2.
Recent legislation has stated that as from 2012 the aviation sector will be included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, in an effort to help reduce CO2 emissions. Airlines will now be accountable for their “aviation footprint”. For the airline industry however, the ETS is simply another burden on a market already hampered by unprecedented economic pressures, not withstanding the improvement to environmental performance - which they question it will bring. There is also the question of the scheme’s legality in applying the cap to all operators, regardless of where they are based, and the subsequent market distortion it will cause as non-EU operators seek to avoid the ETS fee.
And so, with the survival of airlines now a core of their future strategy, airlines need to clarify the path forward to understand how they can grow efficiently with the current design process. It is crucial that airlines comply in the most effective manner, so that they facilitate their own sustainable development in today’s economically uncertain climate. Additionally, the scheme raises important questions about the possibility of implementing a global mechanism, and in particular understanding US reactions to the scheme.
This is not a generic aviation emissions trading event. Targeting CEOs and key decision makers, we will examine the strategy behind the scheme. From a policy level, you will hear why senior politicians and ministers believe it is a success. We will evaluate international reactions and the legal basis for any objections to the scheme.
The programme will then delve into the practicalities of the scheme - to facilitate airlines who need to know HOW to establish cost-effective and sustainable implementation processes, specifically around measuring, reporting, monitoring and verification. From there, we will analyse what could happen post 2012, and crucially, what other environmental measures airlines can adopt to mitigate their emissions. This is more than simply an emissions trading event - we are examining how airlines can improve their fleet, aircraft, fuel, engines - to reduce their aviation footprint.
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Captain Chris Schroeder, Head Of Fuel Optimization & Environment, Qatar Airways
Philip Good, Clean Air and Transport Unit, DG Environment, European Commission
Jim French, CEO, Flybe
Andrew Parker, Senior Vice President, Public & Environmental Affairs, Emirates
Capt Dr. Ooi Teong Siew, General Manager Corporate Safety, Security & Health Environment, Malaysian Airlines
Anton Novak, Head of Environment, Austrian Airlines
Andy Kershaw, Climate Change Manager, British Airways
Capt. Joachim Scheiderer, Manager Flight Operations Engineering and Fuel Conservation, Lufthansa CityLine
Andrew Watt,
Environmental Expert, Euro Control
Toru Sasaki, Director Social & Environmental Affairs, CSRB Promotion, All Nippon Airways
Anastasia Aslanidou, Head of Commercial Planning & International Affairs Department, Cyprus Airways
Vichuda Sthalanand, Corporate Environmental Department, Thai Airways International
Peter Durante, Environmental Products Manager, Shell
Tim Pohle, Managing Director of Environmental Affairs, Air Transport Association
Michaela Beltracchi, European Policy Coordinator, IETA
Joe Cappello, CEO, Air Malta
Nuno Lacasta, Climate Policy Director, Portuguese Government
Jens Bjarnason, Senior
Vice President, Technical Services, Icelandair
Holger Kowoll, Head of Airport Commercial Relations and Political Affairs, Condor Flugdienst GmbH
Stefan Kruger Nielsen, Special Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Climate and Energy, Denmark
Martin Casey, Director of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility – EMEA, Asia & Australia, Cemex
Kalle Keldusild, Senior Advisor, Swedish Civil Aviation Authority
Peter Kirk, Deputy
Executive Secretary, ECAC
Hikmat Mahawat Khan, Aviation Consultant, Centre of Excellence Aviation, Cap Gemini
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