- Airlines for Europe (A4E) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have jointly called on the European Commission to ensure bold action in the upcoming Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP).
- The organisations urge the EU and national governments to:
- Reinvest ETS revenues into the decarbonisation of shipping and aviation.
- Boost European clean fuel production and close the price gap.
- Grant priority access to clean fuels for both sectors.
- Simplify access to the EU Innovation Fund.
- They stress that aviation and shipping are hard-to-abate sectors crucial to Europe’s competitiveness, energy security, and independence.
- Accelerating the availability and affordability of clean fuels is seen as essential to maintaining Europe’s global leadership.
