As Shipping Emissions Increase, Cool New Designs Emerge - Climate Progress

Posted - June 8, 2011

Black Magic is a 4,000 ton Solar Hybrid Vessel that reduces GHG emissions 75% to 100% by harnessing energy from the sun, wind and waves. (See link for photos)

Climate Progress intern Tyce Herrman has a look at some new sustainable shipping designs — and why we need them.
According to a 2000 UNFCCC report, “Shipping is a small contributor to the world total CO2 emissions (1.8% of world total CO2 emissions in 1996).” However, a more recent International Maritime Organization (IMO) study, pegs ship emissions at 1 billion metric tons per year, about 3% of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions. That is enough to making shipping the equivalent of the six largest country in terms of overall greenhouse gas emissions as of 2009:

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