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2. Shipping emissions
2.1 Global transport emissions
Essential to today's economy, global trade, mainly based on freight transport, has multiple environmental effects. Today, the transport sector is responsible for around 15% of global CO 2 emissions (figure 14 ). Roughly 40 Gt of CO 2 are emitted each year as a result of human activities, 80% of which are linked to the use of fossil fuels, and 10% to deforestation and part of cement production. More specifically, in 2019, global CO 2 emissions attributable to the use of carbon-based energy in fact amount to just over...
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Bibliography
Works
Directory
Coalitions – Initiatives (non-exhaustive list)
Alliance e-Fuels
https://www.efuel-alliance.eu/
Alliance Verte – Green Marine Europe
https://greenmarineeurope.org/fr
Clydebank Declaration
Symposiums and conferences
Euromaritime
5 th Annual Baltic ICS Lecture Series: Using Carbon Markets And Their Impact On Freight
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Applied Energy
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