The 2021 surge in greenhouse gas emissions from shipping gives away the sector's empty climate promises and puts achieving the 1.5°C planet-heating target at an even greater risk.
Emissions from the international shipping sector increased by 4.9% in 2021, according to the newly published annual outlook of the world's largest independent shipbroker, Simpson Spence and Young, leaving outright emissions even higher than their 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
Emissions from the international shipping sector increased by 4.9% in 2021, according to the newly published annual outlook of the world's largest independent shipbroker, Simpson Spence and Young, leaving outright emissions even higher than their 2019 pre-pandemic levels.
