We have a climate emergency, we can’t wait for the IMO, says Jutta Paulus, the European Parliament’s maritime emissions rapporteur. In this week’s Podcast Anastassios Adamopoulos sits down with the controversial MEP in Brussels to discuss her proposal that would effectively force ships to operate under an emissions cap and trade system, increase their carbon intensity performance and contribute to a European maritime decarbonisation fund. Shipping lobbies have criticised the proposal as damaging international decarbonisation progress and lacking understanding, bit as she explains to Anastassios, “if you wait for consensus you’ll never get anywhere. We need ambitious influencers”.
