Source: Freshinfo
A group of MPs has lambasted the combined efforts of the international shipping industry and the United Nations in addressing emissions affecting climate change.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has become impatient at the slow rate at which the shipping industry, and the UN body which governs its emissions, are tackling the issue.
The committee said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) could not be excused for not dealing with emissions control the matter following the signing of the Kyoto protocol in 2005.
The government does not know what the UK's share of global shipping emissions is and no one has accurately calculated the world total, according to MPs.
According to an IMO study released in April on greenhouse gas emissions, levels are projected to double or even triple, unless measures to curb them are introduced.
The shipping industry appears to have escaped national and international legislation while other industries and countries have been given targets and timetables to reduce or trade carbon emissions.
In a new report, Reducing CO2 and other Emissions from Shipping, the committee recommended shipping emissions should be included in the EU's climate change reduction targets, clarify its position on the use of emission trading for shipping; accelerate research into low and zero-carbon propulsion systems and consult on how to improve methods for calculating the UK's share of shipping emissions.
The IMO's report in April suggested operational measures that would increase efficiency and lead to emissions cuts of 25 per cent to 75 per cent. It also considered technical factors such as towing kites, speed reductions and upgrades to hulls, engines and propellers.
Committee chairman, Tim Yeo MP, said: "We deplore the prevarication that has prevented global agreement on how to reduce emissions from international shipping. It is perfectly feasible to track the emissions of individual ships."
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has become impatient at the slow rate at which the shipping industry, and the UN body which governs its emissions, are tackling the issue.
The committee said the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) could not be excused for not dealing with emissions control the matter following the signing of the Kyoto protocol in 2005.
The government does not know what the UK's share of global shipping emissions is and no one has accurately calculated the world total, according to MPs.
According to an IMO study released in April on greenhouse gas emissions, levels are projected to double or even triple, unless measures to curb them are introduced.
The shipping industry appears to have escaped national and international legislation while other industries and countries have been given targets and timetables to reduce or trade carbon emissions.
In a new report, Reducing CO2 and other Emissions from Shipping, the committee recommended shipping emissions should be included in the EU's climate change reduction targets, clarify its position on the use of emission trading for shipping; accelerate research into low and zero-carbon propulsion systems and consult on how to improve methods for calculating the UK's share of shipping emissions.
The IMO's report in April suggested operational measures that would increase efficiency and lead to emissions cuts of 25 per cent to 75 per cent. It also considered technical factors such as towing kites, speed reductions and upgrades to hulls, engines and propellers.
Committee chairman, Tim Yeo MP, said: "We deplore the prevarication that has prevented global agreement on how to reduce emissions from international shipping. It is perfectly feasible to track the emissions of individual ships."
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