Global emissions of carbon dioxide from shipping are twice the level of aviation, one of the maritime industry's key bodies has said.

Massive negative attention has been given to aviation in recent years by public figures such as Al Gore suggesting that we fly less often to politicians massively increasing taxes and using aviation as a scapegoat for global warming. The aviation industry has done more than any other in recent times and this latest news demonstrates that politicians are using the climate change issue to further their own taxation agendas rather than tackling the real root causes, if you even believe that anthropogenic greenhouse gases are the major forcing behind increased temperatures.