Søren Skou, AP Møller – Maersk’s CEO will lead the climate partnership with the Blue Denmark, in attempts to achieve a 70% reduction of GHG emissions by 2030, in comparison to 1990; The Climate Partnership has to propose ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping both in domestic waters and globally.
The background of the collaboration supports that “if the plan is to succeed, every man must be on deck.”
Moreover, the Climate Partnership with Blue Denmark will find a number of sectors were CO2 emissions can be reduced, a step that will result to the launch of new technical solutions and fuel types, while also focus on the manufacturers supplying shipping equipment.
A goal is that switching to a greener future, Denmark will provide more and new jobs in the country.
Anne H. Steffensen, CEO of Danish Shipping Companies commented
Shipping, like the rest of society, faces a huge challenge in reducing its climate footprint. We therefore look forward to contributing by looking at solutions that can reduce our emissions at both national and global levels.
In the meantime, the Danish government has set up 13 climate partnerships with the business community. Each sector must formulate roadmaps on how they can reduce their climate footprint and make concrete reductions.
The countries of the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) have agreed that shipping should reduce its emissions by at least 50% by 2050. Maersk has gone even further and has said that they will be climate neutral by 2050.