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Choppy seas for shipping’s carbon scheme accord

The EU has pledged to include shipping in the EU ETS by the end of 2011 if a global scheme hasn’t been agreed on. Some shipping experts believe this could cause chaos, finds Alex Davis

Drydock ship

Calls to implement a carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) for global shipping are growing ahead of the International Maratime Organization’s (IMO’s) next scheduled meeting in September, stoked by fears that proposed regional schemes would be disastrous for the sector.

Bringing shipping under an emissions reduction scheme was pledged in the Kyoto Protocol but didn’t feature in the Copenhagen talks

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