| Publisher | Transport & Environment |
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| Publication Date | 2011 |
| Content Type | Report |
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Shipping is a major cause of harmful air pollution in Europe and by 2020 shipping emissions of SO2 and NOx could exceed the emissions of these pollutants from all other sources in the EU. This pollution must be reduced dramatically to protect health and the environment and to make shipping a more sustainable form of transport. Technical measures exist that could cut the level of pollution from ships by at least 80–90 per cent and doing so would be much cheaper than cutting the same amount of pollution from land-based sources. This publication by AirClim, Seas At Risk, Bellona Foundation, North Sea Foundation, Transport & Environment and the European Environmental Bureau provides readers with the state of the art on air pollution from shipping and analysis the measures needed to significantly reduce it. It gives a picture of what the European Union and the IMO are doing on this issue and formulates recommendation on urgent actions to be taken. |
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| Source Link | http://www.transportenvironment.org/publications/air-pollution-ships-0 |
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| Subject Categories | Environment, Mobility and Transport |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
