UK to begin consultation on including maritime emissions in ETS shortly, but no deadline for free allocation response

Published 15:56 on April 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:56 on April 22, 2024  / Alessandro Vitelli /  EMEA, Shipping, UK ETS

The UK government will soon begin a public consultation on how best to include maritime emissions in the scope of the UK ETS, a senior official said on Monday, without indicating when the government would respond to recently completed consultations on other potential changes to the country’s stand-alone carbon market.

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Korean port authority teams up with US non-profit to decarbonise shipping sector

Published 04:29 on April 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 04:29 on April 17, 2024  / Chia-Erh Kuo /  Asia Pacific, International, Shipping, South Korea

One of the largest industrial ports in South Korea has teamed up with a California-based environmental organisation to drive down emissions in the international shipping sector.

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Australia, Singapore looking to clean, green maritime operations

Published 04:18 on April 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 00:43 on April 18, 2024  / Helen Clark /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Other APAC, Shipping

Singapore and Australia plan a A$20 million ($12.85 mln) spend via the Australia-Singapore Initiative on Low Emissions Technologies (ASLET) for maritime and port operations, the two said Wednesday.

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Emissions reduction technology firm signs agreement with SAF, biodiesel producers in Spain

Published 20:54 on April 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 20:54 on April 16, 2024  / Joan Pinto /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, EU ETS, Shipping, Voluntary

A new biofuels plant in Spain will utilise industrial hydrotreating technology to reduce emissions in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biodiesel, the companies announced Tuesday.

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Global commodities firm deploys real time emissions reporting tech on LNG carrier

Published 18:03 on April 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:03 on April 16, 2024  / Graham Gibson /  Asia Pacific, Carbon Taxes, EMEA, International, Other APAC, Shipping, Switzerland, Voluntary

A Singapore-headquartered global commodities trading house plans to deploy a Swiss firm’s technology for real time measurement and reporting of GHG emissions, the companies said Monday.

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International Tax Task Force on climate finance to host first gathering at IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings

Published 17:07 on April 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:41 on April 15, 2024  / Alejandra Padin-Dujon /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Climate Talks, EMEA, International, Shipping

The International Tax Task Force, an intergovernmental alliance promoting taxation to increase climate and nature finance flows, will meet for the first time and gain new members at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington next week.

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Singapore faces biggest share of Asia’s €1 bln EU ETS shipping burden -research

Published 11:49 on April 10, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:07 on April 10, 2024  / Nikita Pandey /  Asia Pacific, EMEA, EU ETS, Other APAC, Shipping

The inclusion of shipping in the EU ETS is likely to impose €1 billion in costs for the Asian shipping industry, with Singapore bound to take on around a third of that, according to research published Wednesday.

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Pressure mounts on EU member states to plug conventional and clean shipping fuel cost gap -stakeholders

Published 17:21 on April 9, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:22 on April 9, 2024  / Rebecca Gualandi /  EMEA, EU ETS, International, Shipping

The pressure to bridge the gap between conventional and clean fuel for the shipping sector is shifting to EU member states, a panel at the European Parliament heard on Tuesday, while key industry stakeholders also stressed the need to reserve climate solutions for hard-to-abate sectors like maritime and aviation.

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Marine consortium launches carbon insetting programme for greener shipping -media

Published 17:09 on April 5, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:09 on April 5, 2024  / Bryony Collins /  EMEA, International, Shipping, Voluntary

A carbon insetting programme for zero-emission shipping has been launched by a consortium of maritime organisations aiming to draw up methodologies for greener ships.

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UPDATE – EU ETS verified emissions drop by more than expected in 2023, preliminary data shows

Published 18:45 on April 3, 2024  /  Last updated at 22:28 on April 3, 2024  /  Aviation/CORSIA, EMEA, EU ETS, International, Shipping, Switzerland, UK ETS

Verified emissions under the EU ETS dropped by at least 15% in 2023, according to the European Commission and four analysis firms’ calculations, with a huge fall in power generator CO2 output driving the larger-than-expected decline.

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