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As the source of substantial and rapidly growing greenhouse
gas emissions, transport must clearly be part of a global agreement to mitigate
climate change. In its current form, however, the Kyoto Protocol ignores the
international maritime and aviation sectors. The omission is perhaps not
surprising — after all, setting up a system to allocate international
transport’s emissions to individual countries is no easy task. But it is a
significant flaw, since the two sectors together account for around a quarter
of all transport emissions.
Despite its shortcomings, the COP-15 climate summit in
December 2009 succeeded in bringing transport closer to climate mitigation
discussions. Almost all participants recognised that international transport
emissions need to be addressed as part of broader efforts to mitigate climate
change. Co..
