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The environmental performance of aviation has been under intense international and regional scrutiny over recent years, highlighted by the debate on noise standards and the exemption of international aviation from the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse emissions.
The aviation industry has accepted the case for responsible environmental management at airport, regional and international levels, and has set about contributing to the formulation of policy that will fundamentally affect the economics and operation of the sector in years to come.
In recent years, market-based environmental policy instruments have emerged as effective ways of achieving environmental goals, and environmental economies in aviation are well established and set to proliferate.
This specially commissioned report provides the latest on these bottom line issues - can you afford to be without it?
Environmental Economics in Aviation provides the answers to the following questions:-
- Will there be an aviation fuel tax?
- Will there be a European environmental charge?
- When will carbon emissions trading begin?
- What is carbon offset?
- What are the opportunities and threats for airports, airlines and air traffic control, manufacturers and stakeholders?
- How are environmental costs valued, and what is the effect on ticket price?
- Where do environmental levies go?
- Who is responsible for environmental costs?
Essential reading for professionals at airports, airlines, aerospace manufacturers, air traffic controllers, local, national, regional, and international policy makers, financial analysts, environmental NGOs and research academics, plus many more...
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