IMERS International Maritime Emission Reduction Scheme

IMERS publicly available key presentations and documents are listed below in the reverse chronological order:
(on adoption of IMERS you might check the section Buy-in|Achievements)

• Emerging discussions on Financing mitigation and adaptation (0.5MB).
  IMERS was introduced as an example to raise innovative financing for mitigation and adaptation at a Workshop on Aviation and Carbon Markets, Montreal, 18-19 June 2008, organised by ICAO. Kindly presented by Erik Haites.
  
• Bunker Fuel Emissions, Adaptation Funding & Technology Transformation (0.8 Mb).
  Presentation from our official side event at the Bonn Climate Change Talks, 2-13 June 2008.
  
  
• Case study on Innovation in Climate Change Diplomacy (0.5MB).
  
  The case was discussed at the International Conference on Climate Change Diplomacy, Malta, 7-8 February 2008, organised by DiploFoundation .
  
• Bunker emissions & adaptation funding (0.9 MB) -
  a presentation from our official side event in Bali during the UNFCCC COP 13
  
  
• IMERS synopsis (0.1 MB) -
  a special 2-pager with all the scheme details prepared for the UN climate change conference in Bali in Dec 2007 (UNFCCC COP 13)
  
• Data requirements for IMERS (0.6 MB) -
  as presented at the Technical workshop on Emissions from aviation and maritime transport, Oslo, Norway, 4-5 Oct 2007.
  
• Innovative Financing and Environment (1.6 MB) -
  a presentation for a roundtable discussion at the 3rd Plenary Meeting
  of the Leading Group on Solidarity Levies to Fund Development, Seoul, Korea, 3-4 Sept, 2007 (on invitation of Foreign Office of Korea).
  
• A working 1-page example -
  how am IMERS scheme could work (July 2007)
  
• An Emission Reduction Scheme (0.3 MB) -
  a supporting document prepared for the MEPC 56 with the scheme main details
  
• Shipping case for action (0.4 MB) -
  that quantifies CO2 emission avoidance potential and benefits of early action; prepared as background working document for the IMO MEPC 56 in July 2007
  
• Preparatory slides MEPC 56/4/9 (0.7 MB) -
  short presentation used for preparatory briefings with around 30 delegations to allow more informed positions at the MEPC 56 (used throughout June 2007)
  
• Submission MEPC 56/4/9 by Norway -
  submission to the influential IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee 56th session
  submitted in early May 2007 (not generally available in all countries, I'm afraid)
  
• Initial shipping case for action (March 07) (0.7 MB) -
  initial case for action prepared for and submitted to secretariats of UNFCCC and IMO in March 2007
  
• Synopsis for International Maritime Climate Change Fund (0.4 MB) -
  initial synopsis for climate change as discussed with the secretariats of IMO and UNFCCC in March 2007 (IMO = International Maritime Organization,
  UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; )
  
  
• Aviation: Comparison of Charge & Cap with emissions trading (0.2 MB) -
  a comparative table showing key design elements for emission trading and the proposed hybrid "Charge & Cap" scheme; the comparative table uses the attributes defined by ICAO in 2004 (February 2007)
  
• Aviation: FAQs for the International Aviation Climate Change Fund (0.2 MB) -
  frequently asked questions accompanying the IACC Fund proposal (February 2007)
  
• Aviation: Synopsis for International Aviation Climate Change Fund (IACC Fund) (0.2 MB) -
  initial synopsis for climate change fund prepared for and submitted to the top 12 airlines companies and the ICAO secretariat in February 2007
  (ICAO = International Civil Aviation Organization)
  
  
• Air travel: IATAL (0.7 MB document), an International Air Travel Adaptation Levy, by Benito Müller and Cameron Hepburn (Oct 2006). The case for innovative adaptation financing presented in IATAL was a major influence to create the idea of the IACC Fund and subsequently the IMERS initiative.