CCC REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING EMISSIONS

摘要

The committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent statutory body established under the Climate Change Act to advise the UK Government on setting carbon budgets, and to report to Parliament on the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, has commented that the UK's share of international shipping could account for up to 11% of total emissions permitted under the Climate Change Act by 2050 ie 18Mt CO_2 out of 160Mt CO_2. The Committee recommends that these should be included now in the 2050 target, and sets out options for inclusion in carbon budgets. It also recommends that the Government should work with the EC to gain access to fuel use data from ship operators in order to resolve uncertainties over current emissions, and that the Government should support market based approaches to reducing shipping emissions, ideally global but if not at the EU level.