Sustainable Aviation Starts With Sustainable Policy

    AMSTERDAM, August 18 /EMWNews/ -- SANE (Sustainable Aviation Network

Europe) organises on 1 September the conference "Sustainable Aviation:

Sound and Climate in Perspective' in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

International guests speak about climate measures, like the proposal for

the inclusion of aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme, about

biofuels and also about sound annoyance. High level representatives from

both EU and US airlines and European policymakers will share their views

and facts will be made available that can help establish a better policy

which is the starting point of sustainable aviation.



    The speakers during the conference include Jan Ernst de Groot (Managing

Director and member of the board, KLM), Nancy Young (Vice President

Environmental Affairs, Air Transport Association of America) and David

Batchelor (Policy Officer, DG Energy & Transport European Commission).



    EU ETS



    The ambition of the EU to impose the EU ETS on all airlines visiting

Europe will lead to lots of legal activity, which may cause delays in its

implementation. Moreover, the directive suffers from a fundamental flaw.

The EU scheme doesn't take into account the fact that aviation has a

built-in efficiency driver. The net result is the scheme will raise the

cost of aviation without adding to its efficiency. But there is time

available to modify the EU ETS, so that it will be a system that actually

works and therefore will be acceptable to responsible airlines worldwide.



    Biofuels



    An interesting part of the programme will be the presentation on second

and third generation biofuels. Especially aviation fuel made of algae could

offer some real benefits. Within a couple of years an amount of fuel

sufficient to cover the need of all of the world's airlines could be

produced from algae.



    Sound annoyance



    Until recently operating procedures around airports were designed to

minimise the sound impact of aviation. But now the time has come to also

address the factor of climate impact in our decisions. A balance between

sound and climate has to be found when approving new operating procedures.

This SANE conference aims to provide you with the latest insights in this

matter.



    SANE offers complimentary registration to professional journalists to

gather news and information to produce editorial coverage of the

conference. To register as a media delegate for the conference, please send

an email to Yvonne Hof, [email protected]



    Spokesman: Benno Baksteen (President SANE)



    http://www.sane-europe.eu