The Port Authority Rotterdam and Friends of the Earth Netherlands want to see the maritime shipping industry reduce its CO2 emissions by another 30% by 2020 and closer to 80% by 2050.
Port Authority CEO Hans Smits notes that shipping was not included in the Kyoto Protocol, but it is particularly important to make international agreements in a sector that is, by definition, international.
Transport by water is more energy efficient than by land or air, and therefore more sustainable. According to expectations, more and more goods will be transported by water in the coming decades, thus the sector should be aiming for a drastic reduction in CO2 in emissions.
The Port Authority and Friends of the Earth Netherlands are calling on the Dutch government to make every effort to lay down these percentages in a new international climate treaty.
Many port authorities, including the Port of Rotterdam Authority, want to co-operate in the introduction of international CO2 reduction agreements, which could involve making it reduction part of the Environmental Ship Index (ESI).
The ESI is currently being developed in an international context to encourage the use of clean ships, such as the introduction of price incentives into port fees.
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