The Council and the European Parliament agreed on decarbonise the aviation sector by increasing progressively the percentage of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) that must be blended with kerosene:
2% by 2025
6% by 2030
20% by 2035
34% by 2040
70% by 2050
This measure alone is expected to achieve a reduction of CO2 emissions from aviation, which accounts for 13.4% of total EU transport CO2 emissions, by around two thirds by 2050.
In addition, the approved FuelEU maritime regulation will oblige ships over 5,000 gross tonnes, responsible for 90% of the shipping sector’s CO2 emissions, to progressively reduce the greenhouse gas emission intensity of the energy used on board in case they are calling at European ports.
Source: European Commission