The Technical Workshop on Emissions from Aviation and Maritime Transport took place from 4-5 October 2007, at the Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica, in Oslo, Norway. The workshop, which was organized by the Government of Norway in cooperation with the European Environment Agency (EEA), was attended by 90 participants representing governments, business, academia, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime
Organization (IMO).
The main aims of the technical workshop were to: enhance reporting on emissions from fuels used for international aviation and maritime transport (bunker fuels); find commonalities among UNFCCC parties, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the IMO, and ICAO on methodological
aspects related to reporting; encourage collaboration among parties on the future development of methodologies; serve as a mutual capacity building process; improve the availability
and quality of data from all parties; and assist the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) in the overall negotiation process.
This report provides a brief history of bunker fuels under the UNFCCC, the IMO, ICAO and the IPCC, followed by
a summary of the Technical Workshop on Emissions from Aviation and Maritime Transport.