Science Based Targets initativet, som er den internationale standard for klimamål, meddeler i en ny rapport at de har udviklet et rammeværk for at hjælpe virksomheder i transportindustrien med at sætte klimamål.
Transportindustrien, som står for omkring 3% af de globale årlige CO2-udledninger, skal ifølge Science Based Targets reducere deres CO2 udledninger med 45% i 2030 og nå netto-nul i 2040 for at være i overensstemmelse med Parisaftalen.
Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Co-Founder og Chief Technical Officer hos SBTi, udtaler: “The shipping industry is on course to increase emissions more than five fold before 2050. This is incompatible with our planetary limits. We must turn the ship and set a new course to drive immediate emission reductions.”
Og tilføjer: “This is a huge challenge and we’ve created this new guidance to help maritime companies approach it head on. By using this science-based guidance, maritime transport businesses can set and implement credible climate targets with the ambition needed to avoid climate breakdown.”
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