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European Commission Press - 28.06.2011
European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas and Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard are meeting today with the shipping industry, Member States and the European Parliament to discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping in the short, medium and long term. In particular, they will look at how international negotiations can be moved forward.
Participants are expected to call for the adoption of the Energy Efficient Design Index developed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the next meeting of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee in July. The index contains technical requirements to improve the design of new ships in order to reduce both their fuel consumption and emissions. The adoption of the index would give a positive signal that international negotiations at IMO can deliver concrete contributions to combating climate change.
Some countries have so far refused to engage constructively in the debate at the IMO. Today's meeting will discuss how these international negotiations can result in concrete actions. Specifically, the meeting will look at what can be learned from other multi-regional cooperation initiatives on transport and environment issues, and how these experiences could be applied to reduce emissions from ships.
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