More detail has emerged about next week's meeting in Moscow of nations opposed to the European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Twenty-six countries are expected to take part in the meeting to discuss joint action against the EU's emissions trading scheme, which they say creates competitive distortion and breaks international law. Until now, all we knew was that were going to discuss taking "retaliatory measures" against the ETS. But a draft agenda has been leaked, which outlines some of the measures under consideration. According to the NY Times, those include:
- Following China's lead in banning its airlines from paying the charges without permission
- Imposing punitive levies on European airlines when they fly over other countries' air space
- Reviewing bilateral and open skies agreements covering such things as landing rights and market access
- Freezing consideration of any new routes or capacity
Photo of Moscow by Keystone USA-ZUMA/Rex Features
NB: Apparently the group of nations meeting next week has been dubbed the "coalition of the unwilling".