Environment
Environmental benefits are measured in emissions avoided within and mitigated outside of the shipping sector, expressed in GtCO2.
The table and picture below provide the estimates of the significant benefits of IMERS.
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By 2050, GtCO2 |
2051-2100, GtCO2 |
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Emission avoidance: |
12 |
40 |
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Emission mitigation (offset): |
18 |
24 |
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Total environment: |
30 |
64 |
The picture shows the mid-2007 calculations. In Dec 2007 the IMO estimated the emissions at around 1GtCO2 for 2005, effectively doubling the previous estimate. Therefore the numbers should be multiplied by 2.
