Are greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping a type of marine pollution?

Shi, Yubing

Are greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping a type of marine pollution?

2016

Shi, Yubing

Whether greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping are a type of marine pollution is a controversial issue and is currently open to debate. This article examines the current treaty definitions of marine pollution, and applies them to greenhouse gas emissions from ships. Based on the legal analysis of treaty definitions and relevant international and national regulation on this issue, this article asserts that greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping are a type of ‘conditional’ marine pollution.

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