The NZ Cargo Owners Council wish to record our opposition to any move to include emissions
from international shipping in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
As articulated in our submission to the Climate Change Commission’s consultation regarding
inclusion of emissions from international shipping in New Zealand’s 2050 target for reduction
in greenhouse gas emissions, our preferred position is that New Zealand not get ahead of the
work of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in this matter.
