Tag: climate change

Global shipping must take a leading role in the climate change debate and develop a more collaborative approach to business whilst reducing its own greenhouse gas footprint and emissions that affect air quality.

WMU welcomes the historic agreement to combat climate change that was agreed in Paris on 12 December (''Paris Agreement'') in which 195 Nations set path to keep temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius.

IMO welcomed the historic achievement of the COP21; the Paris Climate Change Agreement which identifies a clear goal of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.”

Carbon War Room commented on the outcome of the recent COP 21 negotiations in Paris expressing disappointment that shipping has not been included in the global climate change agreement.

The Paris climate change agreement should not leave out aviation and shipping, two sectors whose emissions are rocketing and, if left unregulated, could account for up to 40% of all global emissions by 2050, said the EP Delegation at COP21

ESPO has decided to join the “Think Climate” coalition that has been set up under the umbrella of PIANC and calls for further steps towards increasing efficiency and ports to play an active role in changing the energy landscape

The presentation of the satirical ''Fossil of the Day award'' in Paris to the UN bodies responsible for regulating international aviation and shipping emissions is just recognition of their totally inadequate contributions to fighting climate change

A new international coalition of Navigation Infrastructure Associations, PIANC’s Think Climate coalition, will formally launch its 2015-2020 Action Plan, entitled Navigating a Changing Climate.