Tag: climate change

Some of the increased melting at the surface of the ice sheet is due to a warmer atmosphere, but the ocean's role in driving ice loss largely remains a mystery

According to a new report High Seas: High Stakes' released by the Tyndall Centre avoiding dangerous levels of climate change requires a radical rethink of the shipping system

Call for shipping industry to anticipate climate change impacts At a major conference today (18 June) in Liverpool, United Kingdom, hosted by the renowned Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), gave the keynote speech explaining the shipping industrys commitment to reducing its CO2 emissions.Mr Hinchliffe said that shipping is the only industry with a mandatory global regime in place, agreed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to reduce its CO2 emissions. We are therefore already on a pathway to deliver ships by 2030 that will be 30% more efficient than those of just a couple of years ago.He added: There is a clear mood to address supply chain efficiency at every stage. In particular, the enormous financial pressure of the global recession on freight rates, coupled with virtually year-on-year fuel increases some 300% over 10 years has meant that the quest for efficiency is much more than enlightened self-interest and really a means to survive to fight another day.The current focus of ICS is helping to ensure that the existing technical and operational measures agreed by IMO are properly implemented. The desire of some governments to develop additional Market ...

Three leading environmental scientists from the UK have been invited to talk about the state of the world's oceans at an ocean summit in Washington

The second formal Environment Council under the Greek Presidency will be held in Luxembourg on 12 June

Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre are preparing to set sail to sub-polar regions on a very technical and scientific challenge - to measure the currents of the northern North Atlantic Ocean from the surface to the seafloor

The transformation to a sustainable, low carbon future is one of the most urgent and complex challenges we face. In an effort to move things forward, DNV GL is launching a new research programme, Low Carbon Future, with two of the IPCC lead authors on-board.

Over the past 30 years, the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting toward the poles in both the northern and southern hemispheres at a rate of about 35 miles

Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Equinox joined Royal Caribbean International's Allure of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas in a program that tracks ocean circulation dynamics and measures atmospheric and oceanographic conditions, on repeated journeys.

From the UK Chamber of Shipping Annual Review 2013-14 Global climate change is not a side issue to our industry and world trade - it is of fundamental importance. The potential impact of changing weather patterns, sea levels and temperatures poses potentially enormous social, economic and political challenges for many regions across the world.Slowing down or reversing the level of carbon emissions remains the most important environmental issue the world faces, and every sector of industry must share responsibility in trying to achieve this.Environmental regulation is, of course, a necessary mechanism to help deliver effective reductions in carbon emissions and other pollutants. Nonetheless, regulators face significant challenges in pursuing an holistic policy approach that ensures the complex range of environmental measures are effective in their ultimate goal and that their overall impact - on the environment, society and industry - is fully assessed.Sustainability is a key issue for the sector. Acknowledging its importance to the global shipping industry, sustainable maritime development was the key theme at the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) World Maritime Day 2013 on 26 September. However, sustainable development covers both social and economic sustainability as well as environmental sustainability. While environmental regulatory frameworks are a necessary and ...