ETS Maritime: Why A Cargo-Based Measure Will Efficiently Allow Member States To Better Protect Ports From Carbon Leakage While Incentivising Shipping To Decarbonise

ETS Maritime was put on the table for the first time more than five years ago, in the summer of 2021, and it included a proposal to extend emissions trading to international voyages.

Already back then, port stakeholders warned about the risk of evasion as a consequence of the extra-territorial application of the European Union’s emissions trading system.

ETS Maritime aims to incentivise shipping to decarbonise while protecting ports from carbon leakage.