Tag: Contrails
What the 2026 ETS Review Means for Transport
The proposal to review the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) comes at a pivotal moment for Europe’s climate, industrial and economic policy. Since its launch in 2005, the EU ETS has become the EU’s flagship climate instrument, helping to reduce emissions from the power sector, industry, aviation and maritime … [continued]
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EU Takes Half-hearted Step Towards Taxing International Flights
Extension of ETS to some international flights, private jets and to smaller ships are steps forward, but overall weakening of the ETS undermines European climate action and energy security. The revision of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) for aviation falls short of driving the robust climate action needed for … [continued]
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Better Flight Planning Can Cut Fuel & Contrail Warming
Aviation’s decarbonization debate spends most of its time in the fuel tank. Sustainable aviation fuel gets the mandates, hydrogen and synthetic fuels get the hype and VC dollars, and batteries get the short-haul hopes. All of those matter, but they share a problem. They are slow, expensive, infrastructure-heavy and constrained … [continued]
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Hormuz, Trump, & The Carbon Paradox
The idea that Donald Trump might be an accidental climate warrior rests on a narrow and uncomfortable observation. Wars, price shocks, and trade disruptions can suppress fossil fuel demand in the short term. That suppression shows up as lower emissions in the ledger. It does not come from better systems. … [continued]
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Wired for Security: The EU’s Post-2030 Climate Architecture
Electrification, Energy Security and the Path to Europe’s 2040 Climate Target. The adoption of the EU’s 2040 climate target marks a turning point in European climate and energy policy. With the headline objective agreed, the central challenge shifts from setting ambition to delivering it — in a political and geopolitical … [continued]
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