European Union plans to require the aviation sector to use more sustainable fuels are not ambitious enough and the EU should let member states set their own tougher requirements, seven countries have said.
The European Commission last summer proposed measures to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from aviation, as part of the EU's goal to cut overall net emissions 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels.
"We believe there is room for increasing the ambition further regarding sustainability and boosting of SAF by allowing member states to go beyond minimum EU standards," said the letter, reviewed by Reuters. Danish climate minister Dan Jorgensen said the climate change emergency "demands bolder action" than the EU proposal, which fell short of Denmark's pledge to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030 - a target also set by Sweden.
SAF, which can be produced from biomass or renewable energy, is seen as crucial to cut emissions from flights this decade, in the absence of technologies such as large electric planes.
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