164 Valentina Keys, Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Welcome to the 164th episode of the Shipping Podcast, featuring climate lawyer Valentina Keys, Senior Associate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

According to Valentina are we living in unprecedented times, there are so many things changing now. The carbon footprint has to be measured and reported publicly. Business models have to be redesigned. So much has to change.

Valentina is talking about COP 26, COP 15, EU Green Deal, MEPC 76, Poseidon Principles, the ICS R&D Fund and Sea Cargo...

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Market Forces Like Supply Chain To Determine Emission Policy?

IMO regularly comes in for criticism from many quarters but I had not heard an argument made for it to be sidelined so that market forces could dictate the pace of change in environmental legislation, writes Paul Gunton in his Ship Insight article. According to him, GMF chairman is of the opinion that the emission policy should be governed by market forces rather than solely relying on what IMO thinks. 

But that appeared to be what Michael Parker, chairman of the Global Maritime Forum (GMF), was...

https://mfame.guru/market-forces-like-supply-chain-to-determine-emission-policy/

Sea Cargo Charter To Assess Climate Alignment of Shipping Activities

  • Some of the biggest names in chartering have vowed to make the details of their shipping carbon footprint public in a potentially enormous shake-up for sea transportation.
  • International non-profit organization, Global Maritime Forum, announces a climate alignment with regard to shipping aspects.
  • A group of the world’s largest energy, agriculture, mining, and commodity trading companies will assess and disclose the climate alignment of their shipping activities.
Sea Cargo Charter 

The brand new...

https://mfame.guru/sea-cargo-charter-to-assess-climate-alignment-of-shipping-activities/

Top charterers agree to disclose shipping climate footprints

Adding to the pressures on ship operators to reduce GHG emissions from their fleets, a group of some of the world’s most significant charterers of vessels have signed a commitment to assess and disclose details of their shipping climate footprints.

The founding signatories of the new Sea Cargo Charter include many of the world’s largest energy, agriculture, mining, and commodity trading companies. The charter creates a global framework allowing for the integration of climate considerations into...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/environment/top-charterers-agree-to-disclose-shipping-climate-footprints/