LNG-Powered Shipping: A Nightmare for Arctic Ecosystems
Promoting the continued use of any fossil fuels, including LNG, will impede the transition to a zero emission economy. All Arctic nations should require all ships to urgently reduce emissions of CO2, black carbon, and methane by 2030, and move to alternative, non-fossil fuels and other forms of propulsion.
Clean Arctic Alliance event at Arctic Circle Assembly 2023: Arctic Shipping 2030
As the Arctic faces a climate crisis, access by ships is changing. Between 2013 and 2019, there has been a 25% increase in shipping in the Arctic and a 75% increase in the distance travelled by ships in the Arctic.
Tradewinds Green Seas Podcast: The Rise and Risk of Arctic Shipping Traffic
Clean Arctic Alliance Lead Advisor Dr Sian Prior interviewed by Eric Priante Martin on audio edition of Green Seas, which explores the environmental consequences of shipping as the ‘frozen north’ thaws. More ships and a wider variety of ships, including older vessels not built for ice, are transiting the Arctic as Russia looks to […]
Join the Growing International Chorus Demanding Reduction of Arctic Shipping Impacts
More than 75 organisations and individuals – including scientists, writers, and photographers – have signed up to the ‘Arctic Ocean Action’, which calls on the international community to support “equitable transition and urgent action to reduce shipping impacts on Arctic wildlife, habitats, ecosystems and communities”.
Press Release: Growing International Chorus Demands Reduction of Arctic Shipping Impacts
Responding to the increasing pressure on the Arctic region by the climate crisis, more than 75 organisations and individuals – including scientists, writers, and photographers, have signed up to the ‘Arctic Ocean Action’, which calls on the international community to support “equitable transition and urgent action to reduce shipping impacts on Arctic wildlife, habitats, ecosystems and communities”.
