anlomedadhttps://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000006_en
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Official petition to the EU Commission to enact tradable personal annual CO2 credits specifically for air travel, starting with
500kg CO2 and declining x% each year.
500kg =~2300km, Frankfurt-Oslo return.
(see this good CO2calculator by German EPA Umweltbundesamt https://uba.co2-rechner.de/de_DE/mobility-flight-calculator#panel-calc)
These aviation credits for 500kg CO2 are handed to households at the beginning of the first year.
Each year thereafter, the credits decline by x% – unless climate-neutral fuels become available.
Leftover credits can be traded.
I like when you sell your leftovers, you can't use the money for flying.
Apparently, the petition was originally proposed in France for French household's general carbon use, where it proposed starting at 9t credits and by declining 6% every year, ending at 2t in 2050. https://register.eci.ec.europa.eu/core/api/register/document/11165
2t in 2050 is a lot, considering each ton has to be removed by negative emission tech...