Monitoring, Reporting and
Verification of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions in the EU
7th Chemical & Product Tanker Conference,
London, 17/03/2015
Heiko Kunst
Unit 'International Carbon Market, Aviation and Maritime'
European Commission, DG Climate Action
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Why limiting increases in global temperatures
to 2°C above per-industrial levels?
Source:
National Geographic
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The need to act on maritime CO2 emissions:
Estimated growth of CO2 emissions from
international shipping (in million tons)
Data sources: 2nd IMO GHG study 2009 for
emissions until 2007; MEPC 63/INF 2 for
average scenario projections 2010-2050
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The need to act on maritime CO2 emissions:
All other sectors covered by EU measures
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Gradual approach to reduce GHG emissions
1. Implementing a system for monitoring,
reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions
2. Definition of reduction targets for the maritime
transport sector
3. Application of a market-based measure (MBM)
• Robust MRV as foundation of any measure
• MRV provides reliable information on ship
efficiency
• EU MRV proposal to contribute to
international debate
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EU initiative of 28 June 2013
• Legislative proposal for EU system for
monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG
emissions from ships
• Communication on the EU strategy to reduce
maritime GHG emissions
• Impact Assessment
• Intensive stakeholder involvement
• On-going legislative adoption procedure
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MRV: Scope
• Ship voyages related to the EU
• Flag-neutrality
• Exclusion of small emitters below 5000 GT
• Exclusion of special ships (e.g. military, fishing)
• Focus on CO2 as predominant greenhouse gas
emission from ships
• Ship efficiency (expressed by different
indicators for technical & operational efficiency
building on existing indicators such as EEDI,
EIV, EEOI)
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Compliance cycle
Enforcement
measures (if
necessary)
National
enforcement
authority
Provide a list of ships
that may be in breach
with the regulation
Submit
monitoring plan
and emissions
reports
Ship
Verifier
Issue a
document of
compliance
Submit verified
emissions
reports
EU central
body
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State of play of adoption of MRV Regulation
• Content of Regulation agreed by European
Parliament and Council in November 2014
• Final text formally agreed by Council on 5
March 2015
• Formal adoption of the Regulation by EP
Plenary in April 2015
• Formal entry into force: 1 July 2015
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Next milestones for implementation of MRV
• Preparation and adoption of supporting
technical legislation in 2015/ 2016 including
stakeholder and expert involvement
• Accreditation of verifiers in 2017
• Verification of monitoring plans: 2nd half 2017
• Start of monitoring in 2018
…depends on possible introduction of global
MRV by IMO
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Stakeholder and expert consultation
• Stakeholder meetings (broad participation)
• Expert meetings (limited number of participants
to allow for detailed discussions)
• Involvement of European & international
stakeholders & experts
• Framework & organisation to be decided
• Formal kick-off after formal adoption of MRV
Regulation
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International dimension of EU MRV Regulation
• EU MRV measure to be implemented from 2017
=> IMO could agree global MRV before EU
system is implemented on the ground
• EU measure as contribution to global MRV
discussions (EU submissions to MEPC 66, 68)
• Continued dialogue with third states &
stakeholders
• Adjustment of EU-MRV in the event of
agreement on global MRV (to avoid double
reporting)
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Global discussion on MRV
• Progress made after agreement on Resolution
on technical co-operation and technology
transfer at MEPC 65
• Key elements of global data collection system
identified
• Priorities for 2015/16:
• Further discussion on legal framework to
come to agreement as soon as possible
• Development of IMO guidelines to
operationalise high level requirements
(monitoring methods, data quality checks)
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Global discussion on MRV & further measures
• MRV/ data collection as 1st step of gradual
approach
• Gradual approach requires broad data scope of
data collection system
• Need for mandatory & robust data collection
system
• Concepts for the introduction of operational
efficiency standards & efficiency metrics to be
tested
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Thank you for your attention!
Please visit our website:
http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/shipping/index_en.htm
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