Tag: COP22

Maersk Line highlights the importance of COP22 for the maritime industry which looks to intensify discussions on determining shipping’s fair share of reducing carbon emissions. Maersk says there is need for global regulation to ensure a level playing field and a transition with the biggest possible environmental impact.

In line with the COP22 objectives, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle and the Société Générale CIB's Global Head of Asset Finance Frédéric Surdon signed a framework guarantee agreement for EUR 150m to support shipbuilding projects promoting sustainable transport and environmental protection.

The ‘Action Day for Water’ at the ongoing COP22 in Marrakesh calls for more attention to water as a way of providing solutions to help implement the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

The recent progress made by IMO towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping has been presented to the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA 45), which is meeting as part of the COP 22 Marrakech Conference.

At the UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP 22), in Marrakesh, ICS said that the recent IMO agreement on a CO2 Road Map for shipping is a significant decision giving further impetus to the substantial CO2 reductions that are already being delivered by the global industry.

The Paris Climate Change Agreement enforcement was an unexpectedly rapid result that reflects the strong, common political will to shift as quickly as possible towards the low-carbon, resilient economies and societies which are the only way to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

AS the COP 21 Paris Agreement enters into force, and ushers in a new epoch for the world and all its inhabitants. How can business make the leap from knowing action is needed, to knowing what action is needed? DNV has compiled position paper, to be issued by end 2016.

Agreed by 195 countries last December, the treaty commits governments to delivering regular carbon reduction plans and directing more funding towards low carbon sources of energy. In this article, Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive Secretary & Salaheddine Mezouar, President of COP22 say that November 4th is cause for celebration and reality check.

Made public the day before the Paris Agreement comes into force, UNEP report finds that 2030 emissions are expected to reach 54 to 56 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent - far above the level of 42 needed to have a chance of limiting global warming to 2oC this century.