Nordic measures to promote sustainable aviation fuels: Artikel

Decarbonising transportation is necessary to reach long-termed climate goals and Nordic countries havecommitted themselves to be ambitious and lead the way. Finding technically feasible and economicallyviable solutions for aviation is among the most difficult challenges. This paper examines opportunities forincreased Nordic cooperation to promote use of sustainable aviation fuels. Pros and cons of implementingeach of five policy instruments in a Nordic context are analyzed and their impacts in terms of impact on airtravel, CO2-emissions and Government budget are estimated.The paper concludes that the most suitable common Nordic policy for significant CO2 reductions from airtravel is to announce a gradually increasing blend-in share of sustainable fuels toward 2030 backed byestablishing a Nordic fund that will compensate the price premium compared to fossil fuels. The fund shouldbe financed by common earmarked passenger taxes for all departing flights from the Nordics