Despite the global merchant fleet being 60% bigger than in 2008, its carbon footprint has dropped by 18% over the last 11 years, according to data from Clarkson Research Services.
The latest Clarkson weekly report shows that the the fuel consumption and the carbon output of the world fleet is lower today (~820m tonnes of carbon) than in 2008 (~1,000m tonnes), despite moving 35% more cargo and there being 60% more tonnage on the water.
Posted on - 2019-09-30The president elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, wants to bring shipping into Europe’s emission trading scheme. She’s asked the commissioner-designate for Transport, Rovana Plumb (who still may not get the job) to look into it, stating she wants her to ”lead work on extending the Emissions Trading System to the maritime sector and reducing free allowances for airlines."
Posted on - 2019-09-30In a world where 1 billion people depend on fish for protein every day, curbing the loss of 33% of global fish stocks to overexploitation is an urgent task, experts said at the first-ever UN Trade Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10 September.
This as the most intense – and critical – round of negotiations on fisheries subsidies continues in the World Trade Organization (WTO) this month.
The discussions to end certain fisheries subsidies – government support schemes for the fisheries sector – that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, overfishing and overcapacity have been 20 years in the making and are yet to be finalized.
Posted on - 2019-09-30