India tells ICAO 'no emissions tax for airlines'

BTN News
Tuesday, 09 August 2016

India has told the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that the country will not agree to any move to impose a carbon emission tax on its airlines as part of plans to offset emissions in the aviation sector, saying the global market-based measures must "take care of interests of poor and developing countries".


India's environment minister Anil Madhav Dave told the visiting president of ICAO Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu: "The interests of poor and developing countries should be taken on board in the development of the global market-based measures."


He said the global market-based measures in international civil aviation sector must follow the principles of 'common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities' (CBDR-RC). These principles mean rich nations bear the greater cost of emission cuts as they historically have been the biggest polluters.

India tells ICAO 'no emissions tax for airlines'

BTN News
Tuesday, 09 August 2016

India has told the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that the country will not agree to any move to impose a carbon emission tax on its airlines as part of plans to offset emissions in the aviation sector, saying the global market-based measures must "take care of interests of poor and developing countries".


India's environment minister Anil Madhav Dave told the visiting president of ICAO Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu: "The interests of poor and developing countries should be taken on board in the development of the global market-based measures."


He said the global market-based measures in international civil aviation sector must follow the principles of 'common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities' (CBDR-RC). These principles mean rich nations bear the greater cost of emission cuts as they historically have been the biggest polluters.