EU plans eco ranking for planes, flights: Welt am Sonntag

The EU is planning to create a new system to rank flights and aircraft according to their carbon footprint, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported. The paper, citing documents, said the EASA, the continent’s safety regulator, has put out a tender to develop a classification system to that effect. The project is aimed at “providing reliable, comparable and verifiable information” to clients to help them make sustainable decisions, the paper cited the documents as saying, adding details of the eco seal would be firmed up by the end of 2022. Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit global airlines, business travel had been beginning to come under pressure as corporate clients became more alert to environmental and sustainability targets. As part of the EU’s spending plans, nearly E550b could be spent on climate over 2021-27 - a massive sum, but far below the E2.4t in investment researchers say is needed to meet EU climate goals.<br/>