Despite this, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) said that the \u2018Paris Agreement\u2019, adopted unanimously on 12 December by 195 nations, gives a clear message to the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am sure IMO Member States will now proceed with new momentum to help the industry deliver ever greater CO2 reductions, as the world moves towards total decarbonisation by the end of the Century,\u201d said ICS Secretary General, Peter Hinchliffe.<\/p>\n
He pointed out that the shipping industry remains committed to ambitious CO2 emission reduction across the entire world merchant fleet, reducing CO2 per tonne-km by at least 50% before 2050 compared to 2007.<\/p>\n
ICS will engage in discussions at IMO \u2013 expected to begin in earnest at a critical meeting in April 2016 \u2013 about the possibility of agreeing a CO2 reduction target for shipping. It\u2019s also pushing IMO to finalise a global CO2 data collection system for ships.<\/p>\n
The complexity and scale of the Paris Agreement means that many of those involved may be disappointed by certain aspects, including the lack of a specific acknowledgment to the IMO which is continuing to develop further CO2 reduction measures applicable to all internationally trading ships.<\/p>\n
Some green NGOs have said that the absence of any reference to international aviation and shipping emissions in the agreement casts doubts over who is responsible for reining in skyrocketing emissions.<\/p>\n
Seas At Risk, Carbon Market Watch and Transport & Environment have said that while the new agreement endorses a target of 1.5\u00b0C, this cannot be achieved unless these two sectors act now to rein in their emissions.<\/p>\n
In recent years emissions from shipping and aviation have grown twice as fast as those of the global economy and they could make up 39% of world CO2 emissions in 2050 if left unregulated, according to a recent scientific study published by the European Parliament.<\/p>\n
Historically, countries have been unable to agree on how to allocate the emissions of these sectors between them, aviation and shipping are not part of the so-called \u2018Intended Nationally Determined Contributions\u2019 or INDCs.<\/p>\n
The NGOs accuse ICAO and IMO of having failed to act to date. They said that the next ten months will be an opportunity to prove the sceptics wrong. ICAO will hold its triennial Assembly in October 2016 and IMO will hold meetings of its Environment Committee in April and October 2016. The NGOs said that failure to agree on serious measures will put the question of who is responsible squarely back on the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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