Yan Hai, Meng Qi

                                                                                                            Law School

Abstract: Aviation carbon emissions are not too high, but the quantities grow fast and the emissions will conduct at high altitudes. Therefore, the aviation industry has become a key area of global carbon emission reduction. The EU Directive 2008/101/EC is one step ahead in aviation carbon emission reduction, but there are legal defects from the perspective of international conventions, thus the directive makes slow progress. ICAOs international aviation carbon offset and emission reduction plan also faces many obstacles, but it will be implemented in 2021.China should seize the opportunity to promote the development of domestic legal system for aviation carbon emission reduction and strive for the say in the world. On the one hand, China should make basic laws on climate change, incorporate carbon tax into the scope of environmental protection tax, and promote the legalization of carbon emissions trading, so as to lay the institutional foundation for aviation carbon emission reduction legal system; on the other hand, China should focus on designing and promoting the development of aviation low-carbon technologies and operations, reasonably allocating quotas for aviation carbon emissions and forming a legal framework for aviation energy prices based on carbon emissions trading.

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