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News: EU prepares for unilateral shipping action

Plans for the EU to set greenhouse gas emission limits for ships using EU ports moved a step closer last month when the Commission published a new report looking at various ways of charging for maritime emissions. It concludes that emissions trading is the best and most feasible way of providing a financial incentive for reducing shipping's contribution to global warming.

February 15, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Call for new Commissioners to act on ship pollution

T&E together with EEB and AirClim have written to the European Commissioners-designate for environment and climate to highlight the need to combat air pollution from shipping in Europe.

January 19, 2010 | Air Pollution | Shipping

News: Copenhagen close to failure on aviation and shipping emissions

With less than two days to go, the Copenhagen climate negotiations have yet to identify a feasible way forward to reduce emissions from international aviation and shipping.

December 17, 2009 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Press Releases | Shipping

News: Charge on Nitrogen Oxides could make major difference to environmental performance of ships

A new study has said introducing a charge on nitrogen oxides emissions could cut around 270 000 tonnes of emissions from ships in the Baltic Sea in 2015, a reduction of 60% based on currently expected levels.

December 16, 2009 | Air Pollution | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Open Letter to Environment Ministers at Copenhagen Climate Conference

Transport & Environment, together with other organisations, has criticised the decision to ask Norway and Singapore to guide informal talks on aviation/shipping emissions at Copenhagen.

December 15, 2009 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping

News: China and India blocking aviation-shipping emissions deal

A deal on including aviation and shipping emissions in the Copenhagen climate agreement is being blocked by China, India, Saudi Arabia and The Bahamas (1). Failure to include the two sectors (known collectively as bunker emissions) puts at risk both a major source of climate funding for developing countries and the long term success of climate reduction targets say environmental organisations.

December 14, 2009 | Climate Change & Energy | Aviation | Press Releases | Shipping

News: EU proposes global aviation and shipping targets for Copenhagen

The EU has proposed a specific global agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and shipping, but it has stepped back from committing the money that could be the key to making it happen. Last month, EU environment ministers agreed to put forward a proposal to cut emissions from aircraft by 10% and from shipping by 20% over the next 10 years (relative to 2005). The proposal, which has been approved by EU heads of government, is now a negotiating mandate for next month’s international climate change summit in Copenhagen.

November 16, 2009 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Finance ministers hold back progress on aviation and shipping climate talks

The idea that December’s Copenhagen climate change summit should set specific greenhouse gas reduction targets for aviation and shipping has made only modest progress at the latest round of UN preparatory talks held in Bangkok earlier this month.

October 14, 2009 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Pressure grows for aviation and shipping to be given specified climate target

Two leading world governments have said aviation and shipping should be given their own greenhouse gas reduction targets at December’s Copenhagen climate summit. The calls from Australian and Great Britain are effectively an attempt to by-pass Icao and the IMO in post-Kyoto climate efforts.

July 15, 2009 | Aviation | Climate Change & Energy | Shipping | T&E Bulletin

News: Shipping negotiations may sink global climate ambition

A meeting in London next week will be the last chance for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to set out how it plans to meet its responsibilities under the Kyoto Protocol to control and reduce emissions from international shipping, before the crucial UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December.

July 10, 2009 | Press Releases | Shipping

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