Briefing

Aviation and shipping emissions and national climate pledges

May 4, 2018

Ensuring Paris pledges are truly economy-wide.

As the rule book for the Paris Agreement is finalised, T&E produces a paper which proposes the full inclusion of emissions from international shipping and aviation in national climate targets, known under the Paris Agreement as nationally determined contributions (NDCs). States should pursue decarbonisation of these sectors through a combination of measures adopted at international and national level.

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