The Commission’s research unit charged with reducing emissions from shipping has recommended a package of regulatory measures combined with market-based instruments to tackle air pollution and climate impact.
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) says a mix of sulphur emission control areas and fuel efficiency standards, combined with market-based instruments, could bring about an 80% reduction in NOx emissions by 2020, with similar reductions for SOx and CO2. The JRC also says a global emissions trading scheme is viable, but sees both political and administrative problems that would be hard to resolve.
T&E's reaction to Ursula von de Leyen’s election as European Commission president for a second five-year term
T&E's paper on how to harmonise EU regulations to accelerate transport decarbonisation.
4% of European shipping could run on e-fuels by 2030, according to mapping done by T&E. But just a third of these projects are guaranteed as fuel supp...