The climate impact of European shipping in the Arctic region may be far larger than once believed due to past assessments focusing solely on EU-flagged vessels, a new study has found.
According to a study titled “Black carbon and CO2 emissions from EU-regulated shipping in the Arctic” by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), black carbon (BC) emissions in the region have nearly doubled between 2015 and 2021 , with a ‘substantial’ share coming from ships traveling to and from EU ports.