Decarbonizing the Maritime Shipping Industry

A Starter Guide to Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Maritime Shipping

The Decarbonizing the Maritime Shipping Industry toolkit provides a suite of strategies and approaches to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime shipping (moving cargo along inland waterways, coastal, or sea routes).

It aims to help government agency decision-makers:

• Better understand what maritime shipping is and why decarbonization of this sector is important;
• Identify stakeholders (players) and their roles in maritime shipping;
• Identify key maritime shipping-related decarbonization policies and why they matter; and
• Better understand strategies that agencies can take (in collaboration with others) to support decarbonizing the maritime shipping sector.

Also available in:

• Spanish: Descarbonización del sector del transporte marítimo: Guía introductoria para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero del transporte marítimo