Ships must measure CO2 emissions under new EU law

(guardian-, 26 Nov 2014) Ships will have to start monitoring emissions from 2018, in a first step towards curbing growing pollution from the sector.

The shipping sector will, for the first time, have to monitor its carbon emissions under a law agreed by the European Union on Wednesday, intended as a step towards tackling a growing source of pollutants linked to climate change.

International shipping accounts for around 3% of the world’s emissions of carbon dioxide, a share which could increase to 18% by 2050 if regulation is not in place, according to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

The law stops short of including shipping in the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) , the bloc’s flagship tool for cutting pollution, but EU officials said it was a step in that direction.

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guardian-, 26 Nov 2014: Ships must measure CO2 emissions under new EU law