Why could decarbonation objectives voted at the IMO fall into the water? – release
It was at the end of a hectic week that London decided A more virtuous trajectory for the maritime world, responsible for 3 % of greenhouse gas emissions. A hundred delegations were gathered to the International Maritime Organization (OMI), which depends on the UN, to fix the different stages in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. And, above all, to say how it was necessary to get it. This Friday, April 11, 63 countries – including the EU at 27 which expressed itself in one voice – Brazil, China, India and Japan, voted in favor of a global carbon pricing system. It is a historic first, maritime transport even becoming the first sector to have a system of this type on such a scale. But 16 other countries estimated that it was going too far and spoke against, notably Saudi Arabia, Russia or the United Arab Emirates. Several NGOs regret an overly timid agreement, or even « A failure for the climate ».
Concretely, all ships must, from 2028, respect less emitting CO2 fuel quotas. And if they exceed the set emission thresholds, they will have to pay several hundred euros per tonne of CO2 equivalent issued beyond the objectives. According to the research group on maritime transport
