increases the expectation tax sea transporta measure expected to pay the “climate bill” He will also state that at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the beginning of July, countries can set targets to decarbonize this sector, which is responsible for 2.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
The idea of levying taxes on international shipping is not new.rather, it has been debated for years with almost no consensus in the international community because, as Javier Andaluz, responsible for climate change at Ecologistas en Acción, emphasizes, “there is a lot of reluctance in the industry” and “it won’t be easy”.
But experts see how the proposal calls for a tax. starting at $100 per tonne of C02The measure, taken at the initiative of the small island states, garnered much more political attention (COP27), after it was proposed that the measures serve to finance the damage and loss fund the countries agreed to create at the UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh (COP27), last December.
World Bank predicts a carbon tax on shipping could increase between $50,000 and $60,000 million per yearAn amount that will serve to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis in the most vulnerable countries, where the wealthy states most responsible for warming have promised aid and are looking for new ways to raise funds.
more support
For this reason, the measure is gaining more and more support: At the summit in Paris this month by French President Emmanuel Macron and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley to agree on a new global financial deal, more than 20 countries were in favor of the shipping tax, as reported by the presidency. .
Presidency, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Spain, Slovenia, Monaco, Georgia, Vanuatu, South Korea, Greece, Vietnam, Lithuania, Barbados, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Ireland, Mauritius, Kenya, Netherlands, Portugal, New Zealand and European Commission .
maritime transport industry, despite its responsibility in the climate crisis (its emissions even exceed those of international aviation) have traditionally been exempted from paying for polluting in frameworks such as the European emissions market, until this regime’s final reform, which is included in the ‘Fit for 55’ climate package, was mandated. ships to get these permits.
Thus, from next year, ships will sail between European ports. They will have to pay for all the CO2 they emit. and those who do this between EU ports and those of other countries have to bear the cost of the CO2 released mid-voyage.
With this precedent, there are experts who hope, At the meeting to meet in London from 3-7 July IMO members, states agree to impose a global carbon tax on ships and increase emissions reduction targets for 2050 and one for 2030.
Currently, the IMO aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships by 50% by the middle of the century, a goal “inconsistent with the Paris Agreement, which aims to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible”. focused environmental NGO Ocean Care.
Ocean Care expert Carlos Bravo believes it this year could be decisive He argues that in addition to reforming the European market, the global agreement for biodiversity adopted at COP15 in Montreal last December was ratified, followed by what was called the Offshore Agreement in March. It will have a positive impact on the negotiations that have just been adopted at the UN.
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