Pacific Environment

Ulsan Port, Pacific Environment sign decarbonization deal

During Singapore Maritime Week, the Ulsan Port Authority (UPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pacific Environment (PE), an international environmental organization, to accelerate the transition of shipping ports into eco-friendly facilities.

The agreement signing took place at UPA’s ‘Shipping Port Decarbonization Networking Reception’ on 17 April. The reception attracted over 32 organizations, including prominent port officials, shipping lines, and environmental non-profit...

https://container-news.com/ulsan-port-pacific-environment-sign-decarbonization-deal/

Ports can accelerate zero-emission ocean shipping transition, new report shows

Ports need to accelerate action in the race to a zero-emission ocean shipping future, environmental organisations Pacific Environment and Opportunity Green said in a new playbook released in connection with Climate Week NYC 2022.

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https://www.offshore-energy.biz/ports-can-accelerate-zero-emission-ocean-shipping-transition-new-report-shows/

UN Shipping Body IMO fails on Black Carbon, lives up to reputation for Climate Inaction

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...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/07/un-shipping-body-imo-fails-on-black-carbon-lives-up-to-reputation-for-climate-inaction/

Top retailers and carriers urged to move faster to cut shipping emissions

The failure of the shipping industry to inject urgency into the decarbonisation process at last week’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has come under scrutiny from US climate change pressure groups.
The largest retailers and their ocean carriers are playing an outsize role in emissions and must do more to reduce their carbon footprint, urges a report by two environmental interest groups.
The report, released today …

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https://theloadstar.com/top-retailers-and-carriers-urged-to-move-faster-to-cut-shipping-emissions/

Environmental coalition pushes global retailers to cut emissions by 2030

Global retail giants, including Amazon and IKEA, have announced their commitment to move their products off of fossil-fueled maritime cargo ships by 2040. Environmental organisations, however, claim that this action is insufficient to confront the climate and public health crises tied to the ocean shipping sector.

Ship It Zero coalition which is led by the environmental groups Pacific Environment and Stand.earth, as well as its supporters, are calling on major retail brands to take immediate...

https://container-news.com/environmental-coalition-pushes-global-retailers-to-cut-emissions-by-2030/

Environmental groups take aim at retail giants as ocean freight polluters

Shipping aims for more environmental sustainability.

Two environmental groups have thrown down the gauntlet to 15 of the world’s most prominent companies, demanding they achieve emissions-free ocean shipping by 2030, contractually agree to ship their goods on zero-emission vessels, and reject “false solutions” like liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a sustainable way to get goods to market.

In a report published Tuesday, Pacific Environment and Stand.earth also urged the U.S. government to go beyond its April pledge that required the ocean freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/environmental-groups-take-aim-at-retail-giants-as-ocean-freight-polluters

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