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According to reports by the BBC, the UN has repeatedly ignored requests from bereaved families for information to help the official investigation into the Beirut port explosion.

In a landmark moment for maritime workers the formation of a Just Transition Maritime Task Force has been agreed to drive decarbonisation of the industry and support millions of seafarers through shipping’s green transition. 

The UN outlined key recommendations for leaders to accelerate an equitable decarbonization of maritime transport in line with a 1.5°C trajectory.

More than a year into the global pandemic, the human and economic toll has been unprecedented, and recovery efforts so far have been uneven, inequitable and insufficiently geared towards achieving sustainable development.

António Guterres, the UN secretary general, said that shipping and airlines have failed to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.

Many of the climate changes observed on Earth are unprecedented in thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years, according to the latest IPCC Report.

Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph called the US and the UN to send help in order to secure Haiti’s sea, air and oil ports.

A UN team of oil spill and chemical experts, provided by the EU, is working with the Sri Lankan Government to assess the environmental impact of the MV X-press Pearl, which sank off Colombo last month. 

The UN is disappointed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels are delaying a repair mission for a decaying oil tanker, which could spill its million-barrel load into the Red Sea.

Amid fears of an escalation of the humanitarian crisis facing seafarers, Seafarers' Rights International (SRI), the maritime legal research organization, warns that rogue operators may benefit without proper enforcement of the UN initiative to protect seafarers’ rights during COVID-19.