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Maritime Energy Transition. Issues, Challenges and Means of Action

Authors: Jean-François SIGRIST, Erwan JACQUIN, Emmanuel-Marie PETON

Publication date: October 10, 2023

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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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