Tag: Paris Agreement

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.

CMA CGM Group announced its intention to equip its 9 future ships of 22,000 TEUs, delivered in 2020, with engines using liquefied natural gas.

The World Meteorological Organization noted that CO2 concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere increased with a record speed in 2016, with only last year's increase 50% higher than the average of the past 10 years.

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.

Experiments and analyses carried out by more than 250 scientists from 20 German institutions clearly indicate that ocean acidification and warming, along with other environmental stressors, impair life in the ocean and compromise important ecosystem services it provides to humankind. 

"Neither the IMO Convention, nor any of the Rules of Procedure for individual meetings limits, in any way, Member States' ability to structure their delegations as they consider most appropriate in order to carefully consider the issues before them," said IMO Secretary General.

"Neither the IMO Convention, nor any of the Rules of Procedure for individual meetings limits, in any way, Member States' ability to structure their delegations as they consider most appropriate in order to carefully consider the issues before them," said IMO Secretary General.

A new report released by InfluenceMap claims that the shipping industry has deliberately blocked international efforts towards climate change, by creating lobby groups to keep shipping out of the Paris Agreement. The report refers namely to  powerful shipping trade associations -ICS, BIMCO, WSC - supporting that their actions have stalled progress on regulation to curb pollution and greenhouse gas levels.

A new CE Delft study for NGOs Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment found that a 10% speed reduction would still see a slight increase of emissions between 2018 and 2030, while 20% and 30% would put shipping emissions on a downward path even in the absence of other measures.