Elephants in the room: time to trumpet the need for emissions cuts from aviation and shipping

The author contends that international aviation and shipping, which together account for approximately 5% of global CO2 emissions, are being overlooked in Paris negotiations despite projected emission growth of up to 270% by 2050. The text criticizes the removal of references to the '2C objective' and levy schemes for the Adaptation Fund from draft texts and calls for the ICAO and IMO to provide transparent annual emissions data.

• International aviation and shipping are significant contributors to global CO2 emissions, accounting for roughly 5% of the total, with substantial growth projected by 2050: 270% for aviation and between 50% and 250% for shipping.
• Previous international frameworks, including the Kyoto Protocol, called for action from the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and International Maritime Organization (IMO), but these calls did not result in significant emission reduction measures.
• Draft texts for the Paris negotiations previously included references to the ICAO and IMO meeting the '2C objective' and developing a levy scheme for the Adaptation Fund, but these references were subsequently removed.

APA

Watts, K. (2015). Elephants in the room: time to trumpet the need for emissions cuts from aviation and shipping. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2015/12/03/elephants-in-the-room-time-to-trumpet-the-need-for-emissions-cuts-from-aviation-and-shipping/

Chicago

Watts, Katherine. Elephants in the room: time to trumpet the need for emissions cuts from aviation and shipping. Carbon Market Watch, 2015. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2015/12/03/elephants-in-the-room-time-to-trumpet-the-need-for-emissions-cuts-from-aviation-and-shipping/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{watts2015elephants, author = {Watts, Katherine}, title = {{Elephants in the room: time to trumpet the need for emissions cuts from aviation and shipping}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2015}, month = dec, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2015/12/03/elephants-in-the-room-time-to-trumpet-the-need-for-emissions-cuts-from-aviation-and-shipping/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }