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For a sustainable and eco-friendly mobility

Busses, Trains, Cars and Bicycles – there are manifold possibilities and means of transportation to navigate through one's day-to-day life. A comprehensive mobility is a given natural for our modern way of life, however, at the same time certain modes of transport have drastically negative effects on our climate, environment and health.

NABU has become committed to ensure that the human need of mobility align with the urgent necessity of protecting our climate and eco systems as well as securing clean air for everyone. In order to achieve an eco-friendly and sustainable mobility we must lay the groundworks now.

Ships are a major source of air pollution in Europe: About 50.000 people die each year prematurely because of the black carbon, nitrogen oxide and sulphur emissions from the international shipping in European waters. This has to stop immediately!


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Clean Air in Ports

EU LIFE+ Project "Clean Air“

In ports the air is often more contaminated than elsewhere. Ships, shunting locomotives, or heavy truck traffic pollute the air with emissions from fuels that are a thousand times dirtier than road fuels. more →

Kreuzfahrtschiff - Foto: Thomas Lauch

Emission Control Area for the Mediterranean Sea

The MedECA NGO network against air pollution from ships

Sulphur oxide (SOx), nitrogene oxide (NOx) and (ultra) fine particle (PM) emissions from shipping are a significant threat to human health, the environment and the climate. A well established network of NGOs in Europe is working towards establishing a Mediterranean Emission Control Area (MedECA) for sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions. more →

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Electromobility

More than just replacing a combustion engine with an electric drive

The transport sector is still accountable for around one quarter of European greenhouse gas emissions. This proportion has remained constant for years, despite of all the developments in the field of vehicle efficiency. more →

MSC entwickelt bereits umweltverträgliche Antriebe. - Foto: unsplash/Claudio Schwarz

NABU cruise ship ranking 2020

Industry not on track for climate protection

The majority of the cruise industry is far from meeting the requirements of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. That is the result of the NABU cruise ranking 2020 that questioned the 18 largest providers on the European market. more →

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This stinks! - Clean up cruise ships!

There is hardly any other branch in economy where the gulf between image and reality is as wide as in the cruise industry: With huge marketing budgets and many efforts, cruise companies create a picture of being a bright, clean and environmental friendly tourism sector. more →

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Study on scrubbers for ships

The study of the German environmental organisation NABU (Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) launched in March 2015 on the use of scrubbers for ships in order to reduce the sulfur content in the ships’ fumes evaluates the technology critically. more →

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LNG as Marine Fuel

Liquefied gas is meant to reduce air pollutant emissions from shipping drastically. LNG promises an immense greening potential, but there are still questions regarding the overall ecological performance. more →

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Ammonia as Marine Fuel

For some time now, green ammonia has been discussed alongside green hydrogen and methanol as the green future fuel for ships. The study "Ammonia as Marine Fuel – Risks and Perspectives" investigates environmental and climate questions. more →

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Nikolas von Wysiecki
Head of Transport Policy E-Mail schreiben +49 (0) 173 5733 754
Johannes Russmann - Foto: NABU/Sevens Maltry
Johannes Rußmann
Transport Policy Officer Johannes.Russmann@NABU.de +49 (0) 173 608 7712
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Sönke Diesener
Transport Policy Officer Soenke.Diesener@NABU.de +49 (0)173 900 1782
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Christian Kopp
Transport Policy Officer Christian.Kopp@NABU.de + 49 (0)1525 9567 443
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Julia Balz
Transport Policy Officer Julia.Balz@NABU.de +49 (0) 174 1644 716
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Felix Leininger
Transport Policy Staff Felix.Leininger@NABU.de + 49 1520 5104 397

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Clean Air in Ports manual (05 / 2015) PDF (1.6 MB) Report „SECA Assesment: Impacts of 2015 SECA marine fuel sulphur limits“ PDF (1.1 MB) Background Paper Cruise Ships PDF (0.7 MB) Backgroundpaper Container Ships PDF (0.5 MB) Info German Research Ship "Heincke" PDF (1.4 MB)

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