Belgium et al. (2017). Submission: ISWG-GHG 2 – The level of ambition of the comprehensive IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships
In order to contribute to the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, a global emissions pathway is needed for international shipping in which emissions start declining as soon as possible and reduce to zero. This document uses a number of methods to calculate a range of quantifications of the IMO’s level of ambition, and proposes as the level of ambition the reduction of GHG emissions from international shipping by at least 70%, and to pursue efforts to achieve 100% reduction, by 2050 compared to 2008. The document also states that to be consistent with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, international shipping’s GHG emissions should reduce linearly. (Submitted by Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Kiribati, Luxembourg, the Marshall Islands, the Netherlands, Sweden, Tonga, Tuvalu, the United Kingdom, IAPH and ICHCA).

