Enabling net-zero shipping: An expert review-based agenda for emerging techno-economic and policy research

IF 8.3 1区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS
Kannan Govindan , Rubal Dua , AHM Mehbub Anwar , Prateek Bansal
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The topic of net-zero shipping is emerging as a global priority. Given the projected increase in the shipping sector’s contributions to climate change, understanding the emerging research challenges for enabling net-zero shipping is critical. We address this research need by outlining key techno-economic and policy research priorities for achieving effective and equitable net-zero shipping. We use a three-step approach to achieve it. We begin by translating contemporary media issues to techno-economic and policy research challenges, followed by corroborating these identified research challenges with academic literature, and finally prioritizing them by consulting an array of maritime experts in policy, technology, fuel, and infrastructure fields. Our results delineate eleven overarching themes, among which the top four prioritized research challenges based on expert input are: (i) cost-benefit analyses of port initiatives aimed at facilitating maritime climate action; (ii) the investment and techno-economic aspects of onboard carbon capture and alternative shipping fuels, along with green shipping corridors’ potential to facilitate alternative fuel adoption, and (iii & iv) the complex interaction of climate, economic, and socio-political factors in shipping carbon pricing implementation as part of ongoing negotiations at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and shipping’s inclusion in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). The outlined priorities are significant as they could guide future industrial and academic research in generating actionable recommendations for policymakers and industry stakeholders, thereby expediting the formulation of focused approaches for an effective and fair transition to net-zero shipping. In terms of future research, the dynamic nature of emerging issues in achieving net-zero shipping suggests that findings may necessitate ongoing updates.

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实现净零航运:基于专家审查的新兴技术经济和政策研究议程
净零航运这一主题正在成为全球优先事项。鉴于航运业对气候变化的贡献预计会增加,了解实现净零航运所面临的新研究挑战至关重要。为了满足这一研究需求,我们概述了实现有效、公平的净零航运的关键技术经济和政策研究重点。我们采用三步走的方法来实现这一目标。首先,我们将当代媒体问题转化为技术-经济和政策研究挑战;其次,通过学术文献证实这些已确定的研究挑战;最后,通过咨询一系列政策、技术、燃料和基础设施领域的海事专家,确定这些挑战的优先次序。我们的研究结果划分出 11 个总体主题,其中根据专家意见优先考虑的 4 大研究挑战是(i) 旨在促进海事气候行动的港口倡议的成本效益分析;(ii) 船载碳捕集和替代航运燃料的投资和技术经济方面,以及绿色航运走廊促进替代燃料采用的潜力;(iii & iv) 作为国际海事组织 (IMO) 正在进行的谈判的一部分,航运碳定价实施过程中气候、经济和社会政治因素的复杂互动,以及将航运纳入欧盟排放交易体系 (ETS)。概述的优先事项具有重要意义,因为它们可以指导未来的行业和学术研究,为政策制定者和行业利益相关者提供可操作的建议,从而加快制定有针对性的方法,有效、公平地过渡到净零航运。就未来研究而言,实现净零航运过程中新出现问题的动态性质表明,研究结果可能需要不断更新。
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16.20
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285
审稿时长
62 days
期刊介绍: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review is a reputable journal that publishes high-quality articles covering a wide range of topics in the field of logistics and transportation research. The journal welcomes submissions on various subjects, including transport economics, transport infrastructure and investment appraisal, evaluation of public policies related to transportation, empirical and analytical studies of logistics management practices and performance, logistics and operations models, and logistics and supply chain management. Part E aims to provide informative and well-researched articles that contribute to the understanding and advancement of the field. The content of the journal is complementary to other prestigious journals in transportation research, such as Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies, Part D: Transport and Environment, and Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. Together, these journals form a comprehensive and cohesive reference for current research in transportation science.
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