Sea Ice Minimum: Arctic Shipping Lull Is Opportunity to Cut Sea Ice and Climate Impacts
“There is no time for complacency. With a reported lull in international transit traffic passing through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route this season, Arctic and other governments must seize the opportunity to massively crank up climate action on shipping, including by implementing green shipping corridors throughout the Arctic, to ensure ships moving through these waters considerably lower their impact on both sea ice and Arctic ecosystems, and on the global climate.”
Letter to Director-General for Mobility and Transport Henrik Hololei, 5 September 2022
The Clean Arctic Alliance believes that the EU Fit for 55 package can be strengthened through the co-decision process in ways that ensure that the transition to cleaner fuels includes action in the first instance to address both HFO use and BC emissions.
Straits Times: Melting Arctic now faces geopolitical heat
Dr Sian Prior, lead adviser to the Clean Arctic Alliance, told The Straits Times that among the big issues are black carbon emissions, which “not only have a bad impact wherever they happen, but have an even greater impact in the Arctic because of the proximity of the snow and the ice”.
