ETS for shipping: saving around 120 million tons of CO2

120 million tons of CO2 are supposed to be saved by including maritime shipping in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) by 2030, predicts Peter Liese, EU Parliament rapporteur and environmental policy spokesman for the EPP. In the trilogue on Wednesday night, negotiators from the EU Parliament, Commission and Council agreed that emissions from ocean and inland waterway vessels of 5,000 gross registered tons or more will be included in the ETS.