Aviation and Climate Change

Frank Fichert is Professor of Economics and Transport Economics at Worms University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He has published many papers on the transport sector. His research focuses on competition and regulation in the air transport industry and the environmental issues of aviation. Peter Forsyth is Adjunct Professor at Monash and Southern Cross Universities. He has published extensively in the economics of aviation and tourism. His recent research has involved economic and policy approaches to addressing carbon emissions from aviation and tourism. Hans-Martin Niemeier is Director of the Institute for Transport and Development at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. He is Chairman of the German Aviation Research Society (GARS) and of the Advisory Board of the European Aviation Conference. He led COST Action "Air Transport and Regional Development".

1 Introduction and Overview 2 Aviation Emissions and Climate Impacts 3 Renewable Fuels for Aviation 4 Air Transport and the Challenge of Climate Change – How Aviation Climate Change Policies Work 5 ETSs and Aviation: Implementation of schemes in the EU and other countries 6 International Action and the role of ICAO 7 ICAO’s new CORSIA scheme at a glance – A milestone towards greener aviation? 8 Voluntary Carbon Offset Schemes in the Airline Industry: Why Did They Fail? 9 Roadmap to Decarbonising Aviation 10 Intermodal Dimension of Climate Change Policy 11 Scenarios for future policies – Potential costs and competitive impacts of different market-based measures for the limitation of all climate relevant species from aviation 12 Inclusion of international aviation emissions under the Paris Agreement’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) 13 Review and Further Directions