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60 Summer 2017 European Energy Innovation

AVIATION

Aviation Strategy for Europe:

Europe can’t afford to miss on

this opportunity

By Pavel Telička (pictured), Vice-President of the European Parliament

Sustainability is the most The challenge ahead is as huge as the
pressing challenge ahead resulting opportunities and whether
for the aviation sector. So far, the EU will live up to its expectations
the EU has been successful in should be no question.
setting up the world agenda to reduce
GHG emissions, firstly with the Paris Historically, aviation is one of the
agreement, and consecutively last most Europeanised policy in the
autumn in ICAO with the agreement transport sector and its gradual
on a Global Market Based Mechanism. liberalisation one of the most successful

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