News / EU Fit for 55 policy to bring global maritime and aviation into climate change rules

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European Union officials are to announce a revision to environmental policy that will substantially increase the bloc’s targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 10 years, including for the first time those from the international aviation and maritime sectors.

However, Cyprus’s deputy maritime minister has warned the policy “must be scaleable”.

The new package, Fit For 55, will be announced tomorrow and is expected to increase the level of ambition from a 40% reduction of emissions to 55%, compared ...