Has the Shipping Industry and IMO Simply Given Up on Climate Action?
In a serious blow to the Arctic and the fight to stop global heating, the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO), responsible for regulating international shipping, has firmly rejected the pleas of all of those crying out for ambitious climate action.
Reuters: UN adopts ban on heavy fuel oil use by ships in Arctic
A series of exemptions and waivers would mean a complete HFO ban would only come into effect in mid-2029, which campaigners the Clean Arctic Alliance said would amount to “endorsing continued arctic pollution”.
Lloyds List: MEPC adopts ‘toothless’ Arctic HFO ban
The Marine Environment Protection Committee signed off on a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters from 2024. Green groups say it has too many loopholes to achieve much.
MEPC 76: International Shipping Body Drops the Ball on Arctic Climate Crisis
Civil society groups have lambasted the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for failing to take action on the Arctic climate crisis, after plans to reduce black carbon emissions from shipping in the Arctic were bumped off the agenda of its Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 76), which ended today.
Infographic: Scrubber waste discharge from ships is toxic to the marine environment
Scrubbers turn an air pollution problem into an ocean pollution problem. How does that work?
Arctic Voices Demand Global Action to Protect Arctic From Impacts of Shipping Emissions
“We in the Arctic are convinced that the Arctic is clearly in crisis and the change is happening rapidly, beyond comparison in human history or in our indigenous knowledge”
Opening Arctic Climate Crisis Statement MEPC76 by Austin Ahmusak
An ambitious and effective short term GHG measure consistent with the Paris Agreement temperature goals is needed, as is immediate action to cut black carbon emissions from ships in or near the Arctic.
Infographic: International Shipping emissions contribute to global climate heating and Arctic sea ice melting
If shipping was a country it would be the 6th biggest emitter of CO2.
Infographic: The IMO Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Regulation
The IMO’s Arctic HFO Regulation will not protect the Arctic for nearly a decade.
Infographic: Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Regulation: Spotlight on Waivers
Waivers will undermine the International Maritime Organization’s Arctic heavy fuel oil ban.
