HORSENS, Denmark (Reuters) - EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said on Thursday that officials were looking at a Chinese plan for its aviation carbon emissions, but did not yet have enough information to see if it could count as an "equivalent measure" under EU carbon law.
China confirmed earlier this week that it would use revenue from a passenger tax on international flights to cut carbon emissions in the aviation sector, adding that the tax itself would not increase, according to Chinese media.
"We asked our delegation in Beijing to look into what this might mean," Hedegaard told reporters at a meeting in Denmark.