October 2021 - Clean Arctic Alliance

COP26 Event: Reducing ships’ black carbon emissions to protect the Arctic

28 October 2021 / Events

Speakers address the Arctic cryosphere crisis, the implications for the people of the Arctic and the planet as a whole, implications for health and the role of shipping in reducing impacts through black carbon reductions.

SDC 8-14-6 – Comments on documents SDC 814 and SDC 8141 (FOEI, WWF, IFAW, PE)

23 October 2021 / IMO Papers

This submission from eNGOs including CAA members proposes additional elements to the proposed approach in SDC 8-14/1, while emphasising the need for a programme of action to further prevent and reduce underwater radiated noise from shipping.

SDC 8-14-1 – Scoping document on Underwater Noise from Commercial Shipping (Canada, New Zealand, UK, US)

21 October 2021 / IMO Papers

Provides a proposed new outline for the 2014 Guidelines and includes suggestions for improvements for consideration by SDC in its review and proposed revisions. Notes the development of a proposal for a program of action and/or next steps to further prevent and reduce URN based on the findings of the review will be pursued after the review of the 2014 Guidelines.

MEPC 77/9/1: The urgent need to address scrubber discharges

1 October 2021 / IMO Papers, Publications

This document provides comments on documents MEPC 76/9/1 (ICES), MEPC 76/9/2 (Austria et al.) and MEPC 76/9/6 (Japan) and urges the Committee to approve the scope of work on scrubber discharges and identify zero-discharge areas, and require the work to be undertaken as a matter of urgency

MEPC 77/9: Black Carbon Resolution to support a voluntary use of cleaner fuels by ships operating in or near the Arctic

1 October 2021 / IMO Papers, Publications

This document provides comments on the outcome of PPR 8 and proposes adopting an MEPC resolution to support a voluntary use of cleaner fuels by ships operating in or near the Arctic. The resolution sets out a recommended first measure as part of the phased approach to the consideration of potential regulatory options to address Black Carbon emissions from shipping agreed at PPR 8.