NASA, NOAA report record-shattering temperatures in 2015
Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the NOAA.
Read moreEarth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the NOAA.
Read moreGlobal 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.
Read moreWMU 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.
Read moreIMO 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.”
Read moreCarbon 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.
Read moreShort video on the fact that innovation and technology hold the key to cutting emissions and how shipping is playing its part.
Read moreThe 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
Read moreESPO 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
Read moreShort video about IMO measures which ensure existing ships are also part of the climate change solution.
Read moreThe 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
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