title: Are greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping a type of marine pollution?
abstract: Whether greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping are a type of marine pollution is a controversial issue and is currently open to debate. This article examines the current treaty definitions of marine pollution, and applies them to greenhouse gas emissions from ships. Based on the legal analysis of treaty definitions and relevant international and national regulation on this issue, this article asserts that greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping are a type of 'conditional' marine pollution.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Oceans Law and the China Seas, South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. Electronic address: shiyubing@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yubing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D057231:Climate Change; D017752:Greenhouse Effect / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000069516:International Law; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012623:Seawater / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D012767:Ships / Q000592:standards; D062065:Wastewater / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D062065:Wastewater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: CO(2); Greenhouse gas; International shipping; Marine pollution