Articles tagged with "shipping-emissions"
Trump’s attack on UN shipping deal is a harbinger of what’s to come. Here’s how countries can still get climate action done. - CleanTechnica
The article discusses the recent collapse of a climate deal at the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO), largely due to intense opposition from the Trump administration. The US, led by President Trump and Secretary of State, exerted significant political pressure to block a shipping emissions agreement that had been agreed upon in principle six months earlier. Trump publicly denounced the deal as a “Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping” and threatened punitive measures against countries supporting it. This intimidation led to a one-year postponement of the deal, highlighting the difficulty of achieving ambitious global climate agreements under current US leadership. The article notes that while previous US presidents also undermined international climate efforts, the Trump administration’s approach is more aggressively aimed at dismantling clean energy and climate action altogether. The author critiques Europe’s response, arguing that some EU states were willing to sacrifice their own climate rules to appease Trump, a strategy that ultimately failed and weakened their negotiating position. The article also points out that the IMO deal itself was flawed,
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The article reports that the United States, along with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other oil-producing countries, exerted significant pressure on the European Union and other members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to delay the adoption of new shipping emissions regulations. These regulations aimed to make ocean-going cargo vessels pay fees based on their greenhouse gas emissions, a measure expected to generate around $10 billion annually and incentivize the use of cleaner fuels like ammonia instead of oil. The vote on this landmark climate regulation, which had been anticipated to pass and represented years of multilateral climate diplomacy progress, was postponed for a year following intense US opposition. US political figures, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former President Donald Trump, actively campaigned against the proposal, with Trump publicly denouncing it as a "Global Green New Scam Tax on Shipping." The US also threatened retaliatory measures such as tariffs, visa restrictions, sanctions, and commercial penalties against countries supporting the emissions rules. Critics, including Transport & Environment
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The article from CleanTechnica reports that the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and other oil-producing countries are pressuring the European Union to abandon its stringent green shipping regulations in favor of a weaker global agreement under negotiation at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), known as the Net Zero Framework (NZF). This framework would impose only modest carbon pricing on shipping emissions and is criticized for being significantly less ambitious than the EU’s existing measures, such as the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the FuelEU Maritime law, which mandate carbon pricing and green fuel use. The pressure includes demands for the EU to drop its own carbon pricing and green fuel mandates, which would undermine years of progress in Europe’s decarbonization and energy transition efforts. Transport & Environment (T&E), an environmental advocacy group, warns that accepting the US-led deal would compromise EU sovereignty and climate leadership by handing control over to foreign oil interests. The NZF would exempt about 85% of Europe’s shipping emissions from carbon
energydecarbonizationshipping-emissionscarbon-pricinggreen-fuelsEU-energy-policyclimate-actionTowards 2040: A Strengthened ETS to Support the Transition of the Shipping Sector - CleanTechnica
The article from CleanTechnica discusses Transport & Environment’s (T&E) recommendations for strengthening the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) specifically for the maritime sector, in light of the upcoming policy review and the EU’s 2040 climate targets. T&E emphasizes that both the EU ETS and the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Net Zero Framework (NZF) must be maintained and reinforced, as relying on either mechanism alone is insufficient to ensure the shipping industry meets its climate responsibilities. T&E’s briefing highlights the importance of a robust regulatory framework that integrates these systems to effectively reduce shipping emissions and support the sector’s transition towards decarbonization by 2040. The article underscores the need for coordinated policy efforts to align maritime emissions reductions with broader EU climate goals, although it does not provide detailed specifics on the proposed changes or measures within the ETS review.
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The article discusses the significant carbon dioxide and pollutant emissions produced by ocean-going ships, which exceed those from air travel. Traditional marine engines burn bunker oil, a thick, cheap residual fuel that also serves as the engine’s lubricant, making it difficult and costly to switch to cleaner fuels or retrofit ships with modern engines. Such retrofits are expensive—costing upwards of half a million dollars—and require ships to be out of service for extended periods, creating financial disincentives for shipowners to adopt cleaner technologies. A promising solution comes from a London-based company called Seabound, which has developed an onboard carbon capture system ready for immediate deployment. The system uses steel containers filled with quicklime pellets that chemically react with the ship’s exhaust CO2, converting it into limestone and thereby reducing emissions. Quicklime is a widely produced industrial material, making this approach scalable and practical. The technology was conceived by entrepreneur Alisha Fredriksson, inspired by climate change reports, who adapted existing industrial carbon capture
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At the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice, environmental groups Opportunity Green, Seas At Risk, and Transport & Environment urged countries to include international shipping emissions in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement ahead of COP30. They highlighted that shipping emissions represent a significant “glaring gap” in most countries’ climate plans despite falling under the Paris Agreement’s economy-wide emission coverage. The recent draft International Maritime Organization (IMO) Net-Zero Framework, pending adoption, marks a historic step by introducing the first legally binding global measure to reduce shipping greenhouse gas emissions through penalties and marine fuel standards. However, the groups emphasize that this IMO framework alone is insufficient to meet climate and equity goals without complementary national and regional policies. Incorporating shipping emissions into NDCs would provide countries with a legislative mandate to regulate and reduce the sector’s climate impact, offering certainty for industry investment in zero-emission technologies. The groups call on nations to implement policies supporting the IMO framework, promote innovation in zero-emission fuels, and assist developing countries, especially Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries, in meeting maritime environmental standards. Representatives stressed the urgent need for accountability and action, noting that shipping contributes significantly to ocean pollution and climate change but remains largely unregulated in national climate commitments. They argue that recognizing shipping emissions in NDCs aligns with broader ocean conservation goals and is a critical step toward meaningful climate action.
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