Tag: climate change

On the occasion of MEPC 70, ESPO calls on IMO to align actions for the reduction of shipping's CO2 emissions with the Paris climate agreement, and to uphold the 2020 implementation date for a global 0.5 percent sulfur cap on marine fuels.

The European Parliament has approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union. With this approval the last hurdle is cleared. The political process for the European Union to ratify the Agreement is concluded.

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon expressed his confidence on Wednesday, 21 September 2016, that the Paris Agreement will enter into force before he leaves office at the end of the year. Mr. Ban was speaking shortly after receiving instruments of ratification from 31 new State Parties, bringing the total number of countries to have ratified the Paris Agreement to 60.

Two key climate change indicators - global surface temperatures and Arctic sea ice extent - have broken numerous records through the first half of 2016, according to NASA analyses of ground-based observations and satellite data.

In this article, Mr Kalle Kägi, COO & Co-Founder at Planet OS, explains how climate change drives new business.

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the United States have reaffirmed their deep partnership based on shared fundamental values and jointly announced actions taken for implementing the Paris Agreement and cooperating on Arctic.

European researchers have found substantially different climate change impacts for a global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C by 2100, the two temperature limits included in the Paris climate agreement. The additional 0.5°C would mean a 10-cm-higher global sea-level rise by 2100, longer heat waves, and would result in virtually all tropical coral reefs being at risk.

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption, in a move that sends a clear and positive signal about the Organization’s continuing commitment to climate change mitigation.

Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the NOAA.