Tag: Emissions Trading System

Leaked amendments to the draft EU Maritime Emissions Trading System (ETS) proposal could impact the apportionment of ETS costs and liabilities in the maritime sector, argue WFW London Partner Nick Walker and Senior Associate Valentina Keys.

The EU claims the title of frontrunner in the fight against climate change, promoting a particularly ambitious agenda of environmental measures to meet the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement.

A new report by UMAS stresses the need to refine the design of the EU Emission Trading System’s (ETS) inclusion of shipping to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions from maritime shipping and advance zero-carbon alternative fuels.

The Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) expressed its concerns regarding the inclusion of shipping in the EU ETS, which says that "it is being taken forward with little apparent understanding of the implications for the ongoing negotiations at IMO to eliminate GHG emissions."

Inclusion of shipping in the EU ETS will encourage shipping’s journey towards decarbonisation, but EU action threatens to undermine broader international progress if the ETS extends outside of the EU, says World Shipping Council.

ECSA published its policy paper on the EU ETS proposal, welcoming the increased climate ambition of the ‘Fit for 55’ package.

IBIA has studied the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” package of proposals, and highlights a number of potential consequences and concerns.

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the new “Fit for 55”-proposals as an important first step towards reaching the European Green Deal ambition and the 2030 and 2050 goals enshrined in the EU Climate Law. 

The inclusion of shipping in the ETS would not pose any technical barrier to a global emissions reduction measure, but instead, it may accelerate IMO discussions, according to a new report by Oeko Institute along with European green group T&E.  

The European Commission (EC) presented its FuelEU Maritime proposals. These proposals aim to increase shipping’s uptake of renewable and low carbon fuels (RLF).