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Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and marine transportation: mitigation potential and policies [1]

Combined, aviation and marine transportation are responsible for approximately 5 percent of total greenhouse (GHG) emissions in the United States and 3 percent globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Controlling the growth in these emissions will be an important part of reducing emissions from the transportation sector. A range of near-, medium- and long-term mitigation options are available to slow the growth of energy consumption and GHG emissions from aviation and marine shipping. Implementation of these options could result in reductions of more than 50 percent below BAU levels by 2050 from global aviation and more than 60 percent for global marine shipping. For these reductions to be realized, however, international and domestic policy intervention is required. Developing an effective path forward that facilitates the adoption of meaningful policies remains both a challenge and an opportunity.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2009
David McCollum [2], Gregory Gould [3], David Greene [4]
Pew Center on Global Climate Change [5]
Tags:
Shipping [6], Carbon Dioxide [7], Alternative Fuels [8], Climate Change [9], Green House Gases [10], Energy Efficiency [11], Transport [12], Freight Transport [13], Air Transport [14], United States Of America (US) [15]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-mccollum
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gregory-gould
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-greene
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/pew-center-global-climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shipping
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alternative-fuels
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-efficiency
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/transport
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/freight-transport
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-transport
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us