If the shipping industry was treated as a sovereign nation, it would need to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 85%, from 2010 levels, by 2050 say researchers at Norway’s Marintek.
The research group estimates that maritime transport emissions, which currently contribute about 3% of the world’s manmade GHG total, might rise by 150% to 250% amid an expected tripling of world trade by 2050.
