Tag: Paris Agreement

The Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, Esben Poulsson, has set out what the industry would like the International Maritime Organization to achieve as part of its CO2 reduction strategy for the shipping sector. ICS hopes that IMO can adopt an ambitious strategy by 2018 matching the spirit of the Paris Agreement.

The European Union announced that is forging ever stronger green and blue links to Indonesia, the largest archipelagic country in the world, as both recognize that the success of the 'blue', sustainable ocean economy depends on keeping oceans healthy. EU is taking the lead to protect oceans and improve ocean governance around the globe and, on this context, they are to host the fourth "Our Ocean" conference in October 2017.

"K" Line has announced that its CO2 reduction targets were approved to be scientifically consistent with the level achieving to the "Paris Agreement" set binding 2℃ goal for rise of global temperature and obtained certification from an international initiative, Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi).

France has issued its first green bonds with a record seven billion euro sale, becoming the second country to do so, after Poland. This move aims to pave the way for the establishment of a genuine market in renewable energy bonds.

ECSA facilitated a debriefing in the European Parliament on the latest decisions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regarding global regulation of greenhouse gas emissions of shipping.

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 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.

The Paris Agreement has legally entered into force 30 days after the EU's ratification pushed it past the threshold to take effect. The historic event comes less than a year after the landmark agreement was adopted and just days ahead of the UN climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco.

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.