Emissions Reduction in Aviation and Shipping Sector - The Trend is Blue

Posted - Tue 19th Jun 2012 04:48

“Someone flying from New York to London and back generates approximately the same level of emissions as the common person in the Europe does by heating their home for an entire year.” -European Commission

International aviation and shipping sector are major and fast-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The sectors’ combined emissions were over one GtCO2 in 2007 and are expected to rise to around 1.7 GtCO2 by 2020. Business-as-usual projections by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and International Maritime Organization (IMO) suggest that in the absence of policies to control them, emissions could triple by 2050. Such unchecked emissions would take up a substantial proportion of any global carbon budget, and undermine the chances of avoiding temperature rises of 2°C, let alone 1.5°C.
 
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