T&E’s Post

🎉 Great news! Aotearoa New Zealand's Climate Change Commission has advised the government to include international aviation and shipping emissions in its revised 2050 climate target.   The Commission has said the Government should account for its fair share of emissions from international aviation and shipping and commit to decarbonising these high polluting sectors by 2050.    This is a great example of ambitious and concrete action under the commitments laid out in the Paris Agreement. Only a small number of countries currently account for international, as opposed to domestic, aviation and shipping emissions, despite these sectors being responsible for almost 5% of global emissions collectively. It is crucial countries addressing this oversight and taking strides domestically to account for and reduce these emissions so that global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C can be achieved.   In our joint response to the Commission's consultation with T&E, we laid out the legal obligations, and the global context and technologies for decarbonisation of these sectors which we're happy to see the commission acknowledge in their advice. Read our submission here: ⚓ https://lnkd.in/eAisGY7z ⚓ And read the Commission's advise here: 📃 https://lnkd.in/ePTVgzFH 📃 #InternationalShipping #InternationalAviation #ClimateChange #ClimateTargets