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C<\/span>arbon offsets are not working, according to a\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0by the European Commission. This measure allows polluters to pay others to reduce their emissions, so they can continue to pollute. The research found that 85% of the offset projects used by the EU under the UN\u2019s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) failed to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n

EU member states decided not to allow the use of offsets to meet European climate goals after 2021. Yet Europe is now endorsing an approach at ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organisation) to address international aviation emissions using the same approach that this report so thoroughly discredits.<\/p>\n

What are the potential pitfalls of offsets? According to the report, most of the projects carried out made false assumptions of alternative scenarios or the projects were likely to have happened anyway.<\/p>\n

The global market-based measure adopted last October by ICAO relies exclusively on offsetting in its attempt at \u201ccarbon neutral growth\u201d for aviation from 2020. To make matters worse, that ICAO agreement so far fails to include important safeguards which would exclude the worst types of offsets. For example, excluding forestry credits, introducing a negative list \u2013 a list which automatically excludes the worst quality offsets \u2013 or ensuring adequate transparency about the offsets used.<\/p>\n

The European Commission\u2019s June 2016 Low-emission Mobility paper indicates that the EU will rely almost exclusively on ICAO\u2019s weak global agreement to address Europe\u2019s soaring aviation emissions. This report\u2019s findings show why this is an inherently risky strategy, and with CDM offsets trading for as little as \u20ac0.50 a tonne, the European strategy represents special treatment for this most carbon-intensive of sectors. Also, prices that are this low do not incentivise greater aircraft efficiency.<\/p>\n

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T&E\u2019s aviation manager Andrew Murphy said: \u2018This study is a wake-up call to the world that relying solely on offsets to address aviation\u2019s climate impact is unsustainable. The EU must, at a minimum, ensure that the worst offset projects are excluded from the ICAO scheme to avoid greenwashing by the airline industry, the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.\u2019<\/p>\n

Emissions in Europe\u2019s aviation sector rose by 8% in 2016 to 61.6 million tonnes of CO2e, according to new\u00a0data<\/a>\u00a0released by the European Commission. In the same period emissions from all other ETS sectors declined.<\/p>\n

This article was first published by The Transport & Environment. Read the original article here:\u00a085% of offsets failed to reduce emissions, says EU study.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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