Four Demands for a Successful Long-Term Negative Emissions Strategy in Germany
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
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Publish date: February 27, 1998
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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Shareholder representatives of the Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCo) cited 1997 losses for their proposal to rid themselves of the atomic ice-breaker fleet. The proposal was drawn at MSCo’s annual meeting in Moscow in early February. The operation of the nuclear-powered fleet was blamed for part of the losses.
MSCo is a joint stock company. Forty percent of the shares belong to Menatep Bank, 35% to the state and 25% are in the hands of private investors. In addition to the conventional fleet, MSCo operates seven nuclear-powered ice-breakers and one atomic light vessel. The civilian nuclear fleet has its base in Murmansk, on the Kola Peninsula. All nuclear-powered vessels are federal property and their operational expenses are supposed to be covered through federal appropriations. Last year, however, only a fraction of the expenses were actually paid by the state.
Different ways to solve the problem are under consideration, Vaycheslav Ruksha, the director of the atomic fleet of MSCo, told Bellona WEB in an interview. One of the options is to create an Arctic Ice-Breaker Company as a venture totally or partly independent from MSCo, he added.
But Ruksha was unsure about the chances that any of the proposed structural changes will indeed be implemented.
The discussion over possibilities for MSCo to split from the atomic fleet has raged ever since MSCo became a joint stock company in 1993. But so far the issue has always ended in talk. The dispute has become increasingly acrimonious year after year, since the federal government cannot fund the full operating costs of the atomic fleet. This year seems to be no exception to this rule.
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Transport on the Northern Sea Route is not sustainable, and Kirkenes must not become a potential hub for transport along the Siberian coast. Bellona believes this is an important message Norway should deliver in connection with the Prime Minister's visit to China. In an open letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, Bellona asks the Prime Minister to make it clear that the Chinese must stop shipping traffic through the Northeast Passage.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a new report on its efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security during the conflict in Ukraine, with the agency’s director-general warning that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station remains “precarious and very fragile.”