Competing Climate Change Responses: Reflections on EU Unilateral Regulation of International Transport Emissions in Light of Multilateral Developments

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The article examines the 2016 progress by ICAO and IMO toward regulating emissions from international aviation and maritime transport, together with the EU’s approach of threatening unilateral measures in the absence of multilateral action. It considers the relationship between EU measures and the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme, whether ICAO and IMO policies may limit EU regulatory competence, and the debate over a possible obligation of jurisdictional self-restraint.