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International transport in UN report Bridging the Emissions Gap
23/11/2011 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched its 2011 Bridging the Emissions Gap report on 23 November. It has a special chapter on aviation and maritime transport, to which CE Delft contributed. We show that the international transport sectors together make up 23% to 28% of the total gap between pledged emissions and the 2oC target in 2020 (the total gap being 6 to 11 Gt CO2e). If the full technical abatement potential would be used, the two sectors (aviation and maritime transport) could help narrow the gap by around 0.3–0.5 GtCO2e. However, in order to reap this reduction potential, new policies would have to be adopted soon, preferably on a global level. For more information contact Jasper Faber, coordinator Aviation and Maritime Shipping.