UK ETS scope expansion: maritime sector
Consultation description
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) Authority (UK 바카라 사이트, Scottish 바카라 사이트, Welsh 바카라 사이트 and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland) is seeking input on a number of proposals to expand the scheme to the maritime sector.
We envisage that including maritime within the UK ETS can help overcome a key barrier to decarbonising the sector, which is that the prices of maritime fuels currently do not reflect their environmental costs. Including the maritime sector within the scheme could also strengthen the incentive to adopt low carbon fuels, and support deployment of fuel-efficient technologies and the introduction of fuel-efficient operating practices.바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯바카라 사이트¯Â Â
The purpose of this consultation is to provide more detail and consult on the implementation of how maritime will be incorporated in the scheme from 2026 and to propose and consult on potential future expansion of the UK ETS to additional maritime emissions. In particular, it seeks views on:바카라 사이트¯Â Â
- the scope of the scheme (definition of a domestic voyage, thresholds for inclusion, the inclusion of methane and nitrous oxide emissions and exemptions from the scheme)바카라 사이트¯Â
- details around how to adjust the UK ETS cap to include emissions from the maritime sector바카라 사이트¯Â
- participating in the scheme (regulatory regime and operator requirements, monitoring, reporting and verification, point of obligation and guidance)바카라 사이트¯Â
- impacts of the scheme (decarbonisation impacts, potential distributional impacts and carbon leakage risk; equality considerations)
- potential future expansion of the UK ETS to additional maritime emissions, with a future review of the threshold and coverage of international routes
This consultation is open to anyone, but we expect it to be of greatest interest to:바카라 사이트¯Â
- the shipping industry바카라 사이트¯Â
- non-governmental organisations (NGOs)바카라 사이트¯Â
- academics and thinktanks바카라 사이트¯Â
- any individual or organisation that has an interest, directly or indirectly in the expansion of the UK ETS and/or the adjustment to the cap of the scheme
Read our consultation privacy notice.