Letter

Letter to EU Ministers and Climate Commissioner on omission of bunkers from draft Paris agreement

October 12, 2015

In this letter, T&E and 16 other groups highlight the absence of emissions from international aviation and shipping from the draft Paris COP21 agreement. they call on EU Ministers for climate change and Commissioner Arias Cañete to act immediately with other states to ensure that the language in previous drafts on aviation and shipping emissions is reinstated.

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