Carbon Footprint Proposal: Developing a Common Methodology for Ocean-Going Vessels

Carbon Footprint Proposal: Developing a Common Methodology for Ocean-Going Vessels

Angelina ErmakovCanada

44th APEC Energy Working Group Washington, DCNovember 5-9, 2012

• Context for this proposal• Key elements of the proposal• Main Objectives• Proposed approach• Questions and contact info

44th APEC Energy Working GroupWashington, DC, November 5-9, 2012

OUTLINE

BACKGROUNDSeptember 2011, San Francisco: APEC Transportation and Energy Ministerial Conference

(TEMC) Action Agenda:• Strengthening transportation's role in a clean-energy future• Powering low-carbon transport• Greening the supply chain: energy efficient freight transportationNovember 2011, Honolulu• Leaders’ agreed to aspirational goal to reduce APEC’s aggregate

energy intensity by 45 per cent by 2035. August 2012, St. Petersburg: • Transportation Working Group endorsed the Carbon Footprint

Proposal, for consequent endorsement by the EWG


CURRENT CONTEXT• Greening Supply Chains: link activity levels with emissions• Industry interest to measure carbon footprint: Maersk,

Walmart, Canadian Tire, Port of Seattle and Port Metro Vancouver

• IMO initiatives: – Energy Efficiency Design Index– Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan and

Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator


NO COMMON METHODOLOGY TO ALLOCATE VESSELS’ EMISSIONS PER PORT, PER CARGO

IN THE APEC REGION

TO MEASURE GHG EMISSIONS INTENSITYOF COMMERCIAL ROUTES

IN ASIA PACIFIC

THE PROPOSAL SEEKS TO:• To engage policymakers and shipping industry

stakeholders to collaborate on the scope of the project via 2 Workshops

• Directly link emissions and energy use to transportation activities

• Develop the emissions and energy use allocation criteria and test the methodology

• Not to set up a new data collection process, but only use data from a sample of ocean going-vessels on a specific ‘pilot’ route



Improve shippers’ ability to measure vessels energy and emission intensity

and find opportunities to improve both, thus reducing fuel costs and ultimately,

contributing to improved energy efficiency in the APEC region,

towards the APEC aspirational goal of 45% reduction in energy intensity

PROJECT’S OUTPUTS• Two workshops to engage policymakers and shipping

industry stakeholders to incorporate their views into the scope of the project

• Methodology to directly link emissions and energy use to transportation activities of the marine segment of supply chains

• Emissions intensities for a chosen commercial route in the Asia-Pacific region

• Final reports to APEC Transportation Working Group and Energy Working Group


PROPOSED APPROACH AND TIMELINE• Endorsed by the Transportation Working Group:

August 2012• Seeking endorsement by the Energy Working Group:

November 2012• Following the endorsement, the proposal to be considered by

APEC Budget and Management Committee• Detailed scope of the project and the work plan to be developed

by the project’s overseer• 2 Workshops to be organized to engage policymakers and

industry stakeholders• Progress Report: Transportation Ministers Meeting,

September 2013 in Japan• Final Report: Energy Ministers Meeting, 2014


PHASED APPROACHShort-term:

Start with emissions from ocean going vessels Marine shipping is a key element in the Asia Pacific

to The Americas transportation network

Long-term:Potential to link the outcomes of this project to other segments of the supply chain (rail, trucking) if there is interest from the EWG and the TPTWG.


QUESTIONS or SUGGESTIONS?Please contact:

Arlene Turner, Lead Shepherd Transportation Working Group

[email protected]

Angelina Ermakov Transport Canada

[email protected]


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Carbon Footprint Proposal: Developing a Common Methodology for Ocean-Going Vessels

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