François Gemenne, politologue at ULiège, professor at Sciences Po Paris, and member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and co-author of their latest report, believes that “these enormous cruise ships are truly one of the most significant sources of pollution today.” According to him, these cruise ships pollute more than an airplane, even when they use LNG (liquefied natural gas) as fuel, which also produces CO2.
For Stéphane Coppey, an engineer, specialist in mobility and transportation issues, and administrator of France Nature Environnement in the Bouches du Rhône region, this type of mega cruise ship is an environmental aberration. Aware that we must live with a certain type of development, he says, “the growth of the cruise sector ends up offsetting all the efforts we can make in terms of pollution reduction on a city scale. We think that it’s not very reasonable.”
His message today is as follows: “Let’s limit, moderate, regulate […] and let’s start telling shipowners that it’s no longer time to build this type of vessel. It’s no longer time to generate pollution for an activity that is, after all, not essential for the functioning of life, commerce, etc. Let’s reduce pollution and not amplify it.”
Another problem generated by this type of transportation is the significant number of passengers it carries. “When you have up to 7 ships in the same city” (Stéphane Coppey lives in Marseille), “which see passengers disembark in just one day. It means that the city is completely invaded. It is not the tourism that a city like Marseille, for example, wants to develop.”
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