Related Links
Holman Fenwick Willan Briefing - Shipping Emissions
HFW in their briefing dated December 2011 recommended that “ship owners, builders and charterers should consider taking steps now to prepare for the possible imposition of emission reduction obligations. Owners, charterers, ship designers and ship builders should also consider how responsibility for complying with future emissions regulations should be allocated in all new contracts”.
UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
IMO report on their environmental activities through the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) who commissioned the Second IMO GHG Study 2009. This Report is the baseline from which all proposals for controlling global maritime GHG emissions will be formulated.
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
The UNFCCC provides the administrative framework for international activities on climate change control. The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide which entered into force in February 2005.
UK Committee on Climate Change
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is an independent body established under the Climate Change Act to advise the UK Government on setting carbon budgets, and to report to Parliament on the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The CCC’s first Report, issued in Dec 2009, was Building a low carbon economy—the UK’s contribution to tackling climate change which specifically covered shipping emissions.
The CCC’s first Report, issued in Dec 2009, was Building a low carbon economy—the UK’s contribution to tackling climate change which specifically covered shipping emissions.
UK Chamber of Shipping
The UK Chamber of Shipping is the trade association for UK shipping. They have recently published a discussion paper on a Global cap-and-trade proposal to reduce carbon emissions from international shipping.
House of Commons Select Committee
The Environmental Audit Select Committee delivered a Report in June 2009 on Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping. The government responded to this Report in October 2009.
Maritime UK
Maritime UK brings together the shipping, ports and maritime business services sectors in the UK to speak with a single voice on key strategic and practical issues of joint interest. Its intention is to create “joined-up” industry positions between these sectors so that the maritime message can be heard clearly and with greater weight by legislators and other audiences.
