Tag: GHG

As part of this year's UN Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn, consolidating the aims and ambitions of the Paris Agreement, a group of international shipping leaders will meet on 13 November, onboard the RheinFantasie river vessel,  to create an Action Plan for the decarbonisation of the maritime sector.

RightShip said that it is currently working with AUSMEPA to deliver a prototype Maritime Emissions Portal with the assistance from Rio Tinto  to identify a suitable trial port within their network.

In a report published by Carbon Brief, it is mentioned that countries representing around 36% of global emissions have already peaked their emissions. This fact can be an indicator that some of the worst warming scenarios can be prevented, the report says.

Hailing the agreement, the green transport group Transport & Environment said Europe cannot indefinitely outsource its climate responsibility to the IMO, as "the UN agency has repeatedly shown itself incapable of delivering the required level of ambition."

The progress made in starting to shape a draft comprehensive IMO strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships has been reported to the COP 23 climate change conference, meeting in Bonn, Germany, from 6 to 15 November, by IMO’s Stefan Micallef.

A new interactive map shows the rise of 'Blockadia', a phenomenon where people try to block fossil fuel projects. In the last decade, Blockadia actions started in at least 48 places, compared to only 8 that started in the ten previous years.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced the approval of the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan Update.  The document provides high-level guidance for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy.

In honor of UN Day, on October 24, and the 2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, CLIA reminded cruise industry’s commitment to sustainable practices noting that the industry has had the most impact on six of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Despite NGO claims of the industry's inefficient GHG strategy, IMO stated that the second meeting of the Intersessional Working Group on reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions from ships, on 23-27 October, has made progress in starting to shape a draft initial IMO GHG strategy.

During a big industry meeting at IMO on shipping emissions reduction, a group of Pacific Island and mainly European states clashed repeatedly with those saying that decisions on immediate measures should await the final iteration of the IMO comprehensive GHG strategy in 2023, rather than be part of the “initial” strategy in 2018.