THE CHALLENGE OF REGULATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AND THE COMPLICATED PRINCIPLE OF ‘COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED RESPONSIBILITIES’

Year 2011, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 27 - 49, 01.06.2011

Derya Aydin Okur

Abstract

Climate change, one of the most significant issues that man faces in our
day and age, has taken on a new dimension which causes anxiety. The
increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which is one of the major
factors of global warming and therefore climate change, is an issue that
requires all international community to campaign against. Despite the fact
that international shipping is the most environment friendly mode of
transport, in terms of GHG emissions, it still is a notable and growing factor.
So and so, in the absence of new reduction policies and due to the expected
growth in shipping, it is estimated that ship emissions will grow at a higher
rate in the future. Therefore, the shipping industry is expected to take action
to control GHG emissions.