Environmental impacts of Arctic shipping - Ecologic Institute

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Environmental impacts of Arctic shipping

                              Sandra Cavalieri

                       Fellow, Ecologic Institute, Berlin

                            Canadian Embassy
                          Berlin, 22. February 2011
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                         Outline

• Overview of Arctic shipping
 EU’s Footprint
• Environmental impacts
 Policy Analysis
    • Emissions
                                   Policy Options
    • Waste
    • Accidents
Future Scenarios
    • Invasive species
(up to 2030)
    • Noise

• Policy needs

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                      Overview


EU’s Footprint


Policy Analysis
                                 Policy Options



Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)




                                          UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 2010


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                      Overview


EU’s Footprint


Policy Analysis
                                 Policy Options



Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)




                                   MercoPress, 2010


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                      Overview


EU’s Footprint


Policy Analysis
                                 Policy Options



Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)



                                           Corbett, 2010




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                                                  Overview

2004 Ship traffic by type and season reported by the Arctic marine shipping
assessment (AMSA).
       EU’s Footprint
Ship Type               Annual Trips                        Season                                       Seasonal Trips
Bulk Trips              1052                                Winter (December–February)                   3072
            Policy Analysis
Container Trips         2096
General Cargo Trips     1403                                Spring (March–May)        Policy Options
                                                                                                3390
Government Vessel Trips 273
OSV Trips               58                                  Summer (June–August)                         4807
Passenger Vessel Trips 6972
Tanker Trips            2827                                Fall (September–November)                    3729
           Future Scenarios
Tug and Barge Trips     317
Total Trips(up to 2030)998
            in 2004     14                                                                               14 998

Note: Container trips include portions of transoceanic voyages that transected the study region; voyages for most other ship-
types are contained within the study domain.
                                                                                                            Corbett, 2010




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                      Overview


EU’s Footprint


Policy Analysis
                                 Policy Options



Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)




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                      Overview


EU’s Footprint


Policy Analysis
                                 Policy Options



Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)




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                 Environmental impacts

 • Emissions
EU’s Footprint
 • Waste

 • Accidents
Policy Analysis
                                    Policy Options
 • Invasive species

 • Noise
Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)




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          Environmental impacts: Emissions


    EU’s Footprint
• Greenhouse gases

     Policy climate forcers
• Short-livedAnalysis
                                  Policy Options



    Future Scenarios
    (up to 2030)                                   http://www.rit.edu




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             Environmental impacts: Waste


     EU’s Footprint
• Oily water

• Sewage, gray water
    Policy Analysis
                                    Policy Options
• Food waste (with plastics)


    Future Scenarios
    (up to 2030)
                                            Doug Helton, NOAA, NOS, ORR




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         Environmental impacts: Accidents


     EU’s Footprint
• Oil spill

• Cruise ship accident
     Policy Analysis
                                  Policy Options



    Future Scenarios
    (up to 2030)


                                               http://www.boemre.gov




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     Environmental impacts: Invasive species

    EU’s Footprint
• Relatively pristine, only 1
known invasive marine
species above 66°
     Policy AnalysisNorth
                                  Policy Options
• Predicted to increase


    Future Scenarios
    (up to 2030)

                                                   nmfs.noaa.gov




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              Environmental impacts: Noise

    EU’s Footprint
• Potentially harmful to
marine wildlife
    Policy Analysis
• Need planning and                  Policy Options
technological solutions


    Future Scenarios
    (up to 2030)
                                                      fakr.noaa.gov




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                       Policy needs

  International Maritime Organization (IMO)
EU’s Footprint
       Binding Polar Code

 Policy Analysis
      Arctic PSSA(s)
                                        Policy Options
  International regulation of shipping emissions
(UNFCCC or IMO)
Future Scenarios
(up to 2030)
  Development of shipping infrastructure




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EU’s Footprint
                      Thank you
Policy Analysis         Arctic TRANSFORM:
                      http://arctic-transform.org Policy Options

         EU Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment:
Future Scenarios http://arctic-footprint.eu/
(up to 2030)
                         Ecologic Institute:
                         http://ecologic.eu/




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