Shipping and aviation not noted in Paris climate agreemen t

Who will regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ships and planes? It’s an open question, not answered by the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Responsible for around 5% of global emissions and growing, the two sectors are not covered by the 187 national climate plans submitted.

Nor were they mentioned in the deal struck on Saturday, even to pass the baton to the UN’s shipping and aviation bodies.

Earlier this week EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said he was “very concerned” at slow progress on tackling aviation emissions. “If nothing happens we will have to enforce measures,” he added with a hint of menace.

Read Megan Darby’s story on Climate Home - “Shipping and aviation: Missing pieces in the climate puzzle.”