The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meets for its 68th session (11-15 May 2015) . During MEPC 68 , the Republic of the Marshall Islands presented at the IMO a proposal calling for a global reduction target on shipping carbon emissions.
However, IMO will not proceed with an emissions reduction target and delegates agreed only to address ‘at an appropriate future date’ a proposal from the Marshall Islands to curb greenhouse gases in the industry.
Tony de Brum, the Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands, stated while introducing the proposal:
“After years of fiddling at the edges, 2015 must be the year of action. We present our proposal so that global shipping can be a climate leader. I call on my colleagues here today to join us. With wind in our sails on the road to Paris, we must step forward together to take decisive action for our planet’s future.”
Transport & Environment (T&E) accused the IMO of ”falling to procedural excuses” and ”ignoring obligations” for fair contribution to combating climate change.
Bill Hemmings, Shipping Programme Manager with Transport & Environment, commented:
“How incredible! Pacific Island delegations confronted the IMO with the fundamental question as to its relevance on the gravest issue facing mankind. A simple Nyet took only 90 minutes but the world must continue to hold the shipping industry and IMO to account.”
John Maggs, Senior Policy Advisor with Seas At Risk and President of the Clean Shipping Coalition, added:
“Today the Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, and other small island Pacific states brought courage, clarity of purpose and the urgency of the climate change crisis to the IMO, perhaps for the first time. The failure of the IMO to grasp the significance of this moment and make an urgently needed step change in the pace of ship GHG emission reductions was shameful.”
| Since Kyoto, IMO has failed to deliver significant progress to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the international shipping sector. Shipping emissions have increased by approximately 70% since 1990 and represented 2.7% of global CO2 emissions in 2012. If these emissions were reported as a country, maritime transport would rank between Japan and Germany on a table of CO2 emitters. Under current policies, the IMO’s 2014 GHG study forecasts shipping CO2 emissions to increase by 50% to 250% by 2050, which would then represent between 6% to 14% of total global emissions. While emissions from other sectors have started declining or are looking to peak in 2020, none of the “business as usual” scenarios for shipping foresee a decline in shipping emissions before 2050 |
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