Download or read book Study on GHG Emission Reduction Potential of EU related Maritime Transport and on Its Impacts written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge written by R. Asariotis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the challenge. Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. Industry perspectives and ninitiatives ...
Download or read book Including Maritime Transport in the EU s Climate Change Policy written by Nadine Heitmann and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union (EU) is actively campaigning for the global regulation of carbon emissions generated by maritime bunker fuels because these emissions are presently barely regulated and are projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. However, since a global regulation has not been reached yet, the EU is seeking ways to include the shipping sector in its greenhouse gas reduction commitment for 2020. In this paper, we look at the effect of including the shipping sector's emissions in the EU reduction commitment that is based on the nationality of a ship. Emissions that are generated by ships owned, operated or flagged by the 27 EU countries are allocated to the EU total GHG emissions. We first analyse the effects on the reduction commitment caused by the three allocations. We then use marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs) in order to determine how much the shipping sector of the 27 EU countries, defined by the three allocations, could contribute efficiently to a total given emission reduction target for all sectors in the EU. Moreover, we use MACCs in order to determine if some country fleets could reduce emissions in the shipping sector relatively more efficiently than other countries under a given emission reduction target for all sectors. Our findings indicate that the shipping sector could contribute efficiently to the EU's emission reductions by up to 8.5%. Since the composition of the individual country fleets and applied measures are similar across countries, their individual reductions relative to their fleet-specific business-as-usual (BAU) emissions are on average the same.
Download or read book Green Ports written by Rickard Bergqvist and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Ports: Inland and Seaside Sustainable Transportation Strategies presents the first book to exclusively focus on this important topic that is usually only covered in brief chapters or journal articles that are too theoretical, fragmented or regionally-focused. This book comprehensively and systematically examines the key issues and best practice for understanding green ports and quantifying aspects of their environmental performance. This applied research book will help researchers formulate the needed research questions. Includes practical application tools and techniques for increasing sustainability throughout the entire transportation chain Provides an overall picture of green ports through a collection of expert specialists Examines how ports and surrounding areas are addressing the environmental impacts related to growth in the cruise business Presents a theoretical framework to identify best practices for planning and policymaking for the impacts posed by climate change
Download or read book Alcohol as an Alternative Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines written by Pravesh Chandra Shukla and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: div="" This book covers different aspects related to utilization of alcohol fuels in internal combustion (IC) engines with a focus on combustion, performance and emission investigations. The focal point of this book is to present engine combustion, performance and emission characteristics of IC engines fueled by alcohol blended fuels such as methanol, ethanol and butanol. The contents also highlight the importance of alcohol fuel for reducing emission levels. Possibility of alcohol fuels for marine applications has also been discussed. This book is a useful guide for researchers, academics and scientists. ^
Download or read book Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential from International Shipping written by Philippe Crist and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ITF Transport Outlook 2019 written by International Transport Forum and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ITF Transport Outlook provides an overview of recent trends and near-term prospects for the transport sector at a global level as well as long-term prospects for transport demand to 2050. The analysis covers freight (maritime, air, surface) and passenger transport (car, rail, air) as well ...
Download or read book The Greenhouse Gas Protocol written by and published by World Business Pub.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard helps companies and other organizations to identify, calculate, and report GHG emissions. It is designed to set the standard for accurate, complete, consistent, relevant and transparent accounting and reporting of GHG emissions.
Download or read book The MRV Regulation of the EU Monitoring Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Maritime Transport written by Florian Beyer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,3, The FOM University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, course: Business Law, language: English, abstract: This work examines the substance of the regulation 2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport of the EU and its basis by the leading question: which regulatory interventions and creative compliance are to be seen behind the MRV regulation and what business case is possible? Therefore, the regulatory intervention in its public and private interest’s dimension is investigated. Moreover, the recent situation of the shipping branch and the ships’ ownership situation (owner-operator relation) are explained. A critical reflection of the regulation and an investigation for creative compliance is given. Concluding, potential business cases and the potential of the market are outlined. Since July 1st 2015, the European Union’s (EU) regulation 2015/757 on the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport became effective. According to EU 2015/757 art. 8, from 1 January 2018, ships voyaging to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a member state are obligated to apply to the regulation 2015/757 and must have a MRV system to report their CO2 emissions. By August 31th 2017, all shipping companies voyaging within the EU area are obligated to prepare a monitoring plan for each of their ships (EU 2015/757 art. 6).
Download or read book Study on Assessment of Possible Global Regulatory Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Shipping written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study aims at informing the forthcoming IMO discussions on mid- and long-term emission reduction measures and their impacts on States, based on a transparent methodology. This is done by identifying the advantages and disadvantages of measures. The study has started out by developing a long list of all possible measures that are capable of ensuring that the shipping sector phases out its GHG emissions, as called for in the Initial Strategy. It then evaluates these measures on criteria of environmental effectiveness (i.e. the incentive provided to a fuel transition), cost-effectiveness, and predictability. The best-scoring measures have been further developed. Another objective of the study is to better understand the the possible impacts on States of a measure capable to decarbonise the sector based on a computable general equilibrium model supplemented with case studies. Moreover, the study analyses ways to address disproportionally negative impacts on States. This study analyses global measures which can be agreed and adopted by the IMO and follow from the Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from international shipping. Regional measures and the possible interactions between regional measures and global measures are beyond the scope of this study.
Download or read book Retrofitting the Built Environment written by Taofeeq Ibn-Mohammed and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The building sector exerts huge pressure on the built and natural environment and despite significant efforts to minimise the consequences, the International Energy Agency submitted that, by 2050, emissions related to buildings could double. However, in the building sector, significant improvement in energy use and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved, given the potential to do this at no cost, using new technology. Since most buildings that exist now will still exist in 2050, the greatest energy savings can be made through refurbishment. In the future, legislation on carbon usage, as well as innovative technologies and knowledge, will trigger aggressive emission reductions in buildings, and this will compel installers of retrofit options to consider embodied emissions in order to achieve the best-value retrofit plan. This book, in response to the growing environmental importance of retrofit options, describes the development of a powerful decision support system, detailing both theoretical and practical insights, for the evaluation of environmentally and economically optimal retrofit options for non-domestic buildings. The chapters within it discuss engineering, energy, environment and economics in the context of climate change and sustainability, while a methodological framework of a decision support system is used to analyse a range of building energy retrofit options. The theoretical developments provided in this book can be transferred to other industries beyond the built environment and will be useful to researchers, energy systems engineers, architects, building energy managers, supply chain and procurement managers, sustainability managers and policy makers.
Download or read book Development of a Methodology to Assess the green Impacts of Investment in the Maritime Sector and Projects written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Green Deal is the cornerstone of European Union climate policy. It establishes the clear target of becoming climate neutral by 2050. To reach this ambitious goal, it will require reducing EU's GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and 90% in transport emissions by 2050. This objective is embedded in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy adopted at the end of 2020. All transport modes including maritime sector will need to contribute to this objective. Shipping is one of the least carbon intensive ways to transport goods. However, it constitutes a significant share of the total global emissions, corresponding to 2.9% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. To reduce the emissions from maritime transport, the European Commission (EC) aims to propose measures, to work alongside with the on-going work at International Maritime Organisation (IMO) level. Those measures in-clude incorporating the maritime sector into the European Emission Trading System (ETS), the Fuel EU Maritime initiative to boost the demand for sustainable alternative fuels as well as the reviews of the directives on energy taxation, alternative fuel infra-structure, and renewable energy. The achievement of the Green Deal objectives will require significant investments. The Green Deal reaffirms the EC's commitment to pursue green finance and investment while ensuring a just transition. The EU Taxonomy to facilitate sustainable investment plays a pivotal role in shifting capital flows towards sustainable investments. According to the Sustainable and Smart mobility Strategy, the technical screening criteria based on the Taxonomy should be defined for all transport modes by 2021. However, the initial proposal for technical screening criteria for the Taxonomy devel-oped by the Technical Expert Group on sustainable finance (TEG) did not include the maritime sector. While the TEG agreed that the work on maritime criteria should be prioritised, given its potential contribution to the greening of the transport sector, it could not conclude its assessment within the time available. Furthermore, according to the Taxonomy Regulation, all relevant economic activities within a specific sector (e.g. transport) should be covered if they contribute equally towards the environmental objectives, to avoid distorting competition in the market. This study was therefore launched by the Commission to fill the gap in the TEG's initial analysis and assess which economic activities and under which conditions could be considered environ-mentally sustainable in line with the Taxonomy Regulation. The climate mitigation and adaptation criteria for maritime shipping in the Commission 2021 Delegated Regulation supplementing the Taxonomy Regulation are based on the analysis and findings of this study. In addition, a draft final report was submitted in January 2021 to the Platform on Sustainable Finance to assist their further work.
Download or read book Development of a Methodology to Assess the green Impacts of Investment in the Maritime Sector and Projects written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Green Deal is the cornerstone of European Union climate policy. It establishes the clear target of becoming climate neutral by 2050. To reach this ambitious goal, it will require reducing EU's GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and 90% in transport emissions by 2050. This objective is embedded in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy adopted at the end of 2020. All transport modes including maritime sector will need to contribute to this objective. Shipping is one of the least carbon intensive ways to transport goods. However, it constitutes a significant share of the total global emissions, corresponding to 2.9% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. To reduce the emissions from maritime transport, the European Commission (EC) aims to propose measures, to work alongside with the on-going work at International Maritime Organisation (IMO) level. Those measures in-clude incorporating the maritime sector into the European Emission Trading System (ETS), the Fuel EU Maritime initiative to boost the demand for sustainable alternative fuels as well as the reviews of the directives on energy taxation, alternative fuel infra-structure, and renewable energy. The achievement of the Green Deal objectives will require significant investments. The Green Deal reaffirms the EC's commitment to pursue green finance and investment while ensuring a just transition. The EU Taxonomy to facilitate sustainable investment plays a pivotal role in shifting capital flows towards sustainable investments. According to the Sustainable and Smart mobility Strategy, the technical screening criteria based on the Taxonomy should be defined for all transport modes by 2021. However, the initial proposal for technical screening criteria for the Taxonomy developed by the Technical Expert Group on sustainable finance (TEG) did not include the maritime sector. While the TEG agreed that the work on maritime criteria should be prioritised, given its potential contribution to the greening of the transport sector, it could not conclude its assessment within the time available. Furthermore, according to the Taxonomy Regulation, all relevant economic activities within a specific sector (e.g. transport) should be covered if they contribute equally towards the environmental objectives, to avoid distorting competition in the market. This study was therefore launched by the Commission to fill the gap in the TEG's initial analysis and assess which economic activities and under which conditions could be considered environ-mentally sustainable in line with the Taxonomy Regulation. The climate mitigation and adaptation criteria for maritime shipping in the Commission 2021 Delegated Regulation supplementing the Taxonomy Regulation are based on the analysis and findings of this study. In addition, a draft final report was submitted in January 2021 to the Plat-form on Sustainable Finance to assist their further work.
Download or read book Pricing Carbon written by A. Denny Ellerman and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first detailed description and analysis of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.
Download or read book Environmental Impacts of International Shipping written by Braathen Nils Axel and published by Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While efficient ports are vital to the economic development of their surrounding areas, the related ship traffic, the handling of the goods in the ports and the hinterland distribution can cause a number of negative environmental impacts. This book examines the environmental impacts of international maritime transport, and looks more in detail at the impacts stemming from near-port shipping activities, the handling of the goods in the ports and from the distribution of the goods to the surrounding regions. It focuses on five ports: Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, the United States; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Port Metro Vancouver, Canada; and Busan, Korea. The book provides examples of the environmental problems related to port activities (such as air pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases, water pollution, noise, spread of invasive species, etc.) and highlights a number of different policy instruments that can be used to limit the negative impacts. It is a valuable resource for policy makers and researchers alike. Further reading Globalisation, Transport and the Environment (2010)
Download or read book Transport Energy and CO2 written by International Energy Agency and published by OECD. This book was released on 2009 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Car ownership is set to triple by 2050, trucking activity will double and air travel could increase fourfold. This book examines how to enable mobility without accelerating climate change. it finds that if changes are made to the way people travel, adoption of technologies to improve vehicle efficiency and a shift to low-CO2 fuels, it is possible to move onto a different pathway where transport CO2 emissions by 2050 are far below current levels, at costs that are lower than many assume. the report discusses the prospects for shifting more travel to the most efficient modes and reducing travel growth rates, improving vehicle fuel efficiency by up to 50% using cost-effective, incremental technologies, and moving toward electricity, hydrogen, and advanced biofuels to achieve a more secure and sustainable transport future. If governments implement strong policies to achieve this scenario, transport can play its role and dramatically reduce CO2 emissions by 2050.
