London, April 7th, 2022:- A week that opened with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lambasting governments and industry for their climate inaction, and the IPCC’s Climate Mitigation report criticising the poor climate governance of international shipping, is set to close with the UN’s shipping agency, the IMO, again kicking climate concerns into the long grass, by failing to reduce the climate impacts on the Arctic fromthe black carbon emissions responsible for 20% of shipping’s climate...
Oslo, 6 April 2022: The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment has awarded DNV and its partners a contract to develop a roadmap for the introduction of sustainable zero-carbon fuels across the Nordic region. The...
#kt-adv-heading_6ce0d3-73, #kt-adv-heading_6ce0d3-73 .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading {font-size:20px;font-weight:400;font-family:Montserrat;}
To view more FreightWaves infographics, click here
2022 is a milestone year for marine environmental protection with HELMEPA celebrating its 40th anniversary since the Association’s founding. It was in 1982 that Greek...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/22/helmepa-40-years-of-activity-for-the-health-of-our-oceans/
ZeroNorth platform prevents 218,000 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted from customer vessels in 2021
Announcement comes as company brings new CII optimisation functionality to market, creating a holistic solution for sustainability improvement
Copenhagen, Denmark; 10 March 2022: Technology company ZeroNorth has today revealed that its platform prevented 218,000 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere in 2021, at a time when shipping’s...
Central America pushes sustainability as banks contemplate climate risks
Monday 7 March 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.10.1
Commentary: Central America aims to become leader in sustainability
By Natalia Ospina in London
Central America’s above-average recovery in 2021 and the positive outlook for the coming years demonstrate the region’s resilience to shocks and its potential for development. In February, trade experts and private investors joined CABEI and OMFIF to discuss Central America’s competitive...
IMF must review role of capital flows and international trade treaties
Wednesday 23 February 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.8.3
Commentary: IMF must regain lost territory
By Kevin Gallagher and Rachel Thrasher
Often depicted as a rigid institution averse to change, the International Monetary Fund deserves credit for embracing climate concerns, showing signs of abandoning austerity and calling out the G20 for its weak debt relief efforts during the pandemic. However, the most profound change came in 2012 when the...
ECB monetary policy seeks to flee from climate change consequences
Monday 14 February 2022 – Vol.13 Ed.7.1
Commentary: ECB must choose fight, not flight, on climate change
By Rens van Tilburg and Aleksander Simić
‘Fight or flight?’ When it comes to climate change, the global community has decided that it needs to put up a fight. This is seemingly not the way the European Central Bank views things. As part of its monetary strategy review, it concluded that climate should be considered in setting...
#kt-adv-heading_ffe3e4-0d, #kt-adv-heading_ffe3e4-0d .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading {font-size:20px;font-weight:400;font-family:Montserrat;}
To view more FreightWaves infographics, click here
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daily-infographic-how-costly-were-2021-us-weather-disasters
Concawe Report
Pathways outlined to enable shipping sector to achieve decarbonisation goals
Oxford, 8th February 2022
The shipping industry has the ability to hit its international decarbonisation goals by following pathways identified by global experts.
A new evidence-based study outlines the need for large-scale deployment of new technologies and the use of low-carbon fuels to help the sector reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared with 2008 levels to achieve the...
