While shipping is often the most efficient way of moving goods over long distances , the industry must step up its efforts to pollute less .
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Credits : maersk . com measures are drying out and it ’ s an industry challenge to drive the needed innovation in new propulsion technologies . More than ever , we need global regulation to ensure a level playing field and a transition with the biggest possible environmental impact . Accelerate progress The global agreement from COP21 in Paris entered into force in 2016 and to our disappointment , shipping was not part of it . Shipping must decarbonise at the same pace as the rest of the economy and contribute with its ‘ fair share ’ of CO2 reductions to achieve the global goal of staying below 2 ° C temperature rise . Global regulation remains a key driver in realising this ambition .
There is progress . Since COP21 , the pressure has been on the IMO to determine the long-term commitment of the shipping industry . In the buildup to COP22 in Marrakech , the members of IMO ’ s committee for environmental protection , MEPC , agreed on a data collection system to map emissions and a roadmap for a strategy on how to reduce them and when . This marked an important milestone in the regulation process .
Lately , the pressure on IMO has only been reinforced by the European Union ’ s decision to leave the regulation of shipping emissions to the IMO until 2023 . However , we would have preferred to see more progress during an intense week of negotiations at the latest IMO GHG intersessional meeting in October this year , particularly on the level of ambition .
While shipping is often the most efficient way of moving goods over long distances , the industry must step up its efforts to pollute less .
Nevertheless , we remain encouraged by the ambitious statements made by many member states and industry organisations . This gives us confidence that IMO will reach an agreement at its next meeting in 2018 , including concrete measures .
COP23 provides a solid platform to take discussions further . The initial strategy is coming up in 2018 , and it must include a clear specification of a long-term ambition level for greenhouse gas reductions . UNFCCC should sustain the IMO mandate to regulate CO2 emissions from shipping , urge early progress and include marketbased mechanisms .
The DSA study shows that emissions may have to peak no later than 2025 and reach as low as 400 megatonnes by 2050 . It is therefore crucial that IMO moves beyond data collection and establishes an ambitious and accelerated process to determine shipping ’ s ‘ fair share ’ of emissions which will allow for subsequent definitions of long-term targets and market-based mechanisms . Streamlining energy consumption and supply chains As the world ’ s largest container shipping company and with port and logistics operations across the globe , A . P . Moller - Maersk plays a major role in improving efficiency in energy consumption and supply chains . Since 2007 , Maersk Line has reduced CO2 emissions per container moved by 42 %. For several years , we have made improvements from network design and speed optimisation to technical upgrades and new and more efficient ships , like the first and second generation Triple-E .
As a market leader , we ’ re constantly striving to raise the bar for energy efficiency . By doing this , we are playing our part in tackling the challenge of decoupling business growth from resource consumption . maersk . com
John Kornerup Bang , Chief Advisor on Climate Change , A . P . Moller - Maersk
While shipping is often the most efficient way of moving goods over long distances , the industry must step up its efforts to pollute less .
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