MEPC81/11: Proposal to designate Canadian Arctic waters as an emission control area for nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and particulate matter
This document sets forth a proposal to designate an emission control area in Arctic waters under Canadian sovereignty and jurisdiction, herein referred to as the “Canadian Arctic ECA”, in accordance with regulations 13 and 14 and appendix III to MARPOL Annex VI.
COP28 Side Event: Stop Arctic meltdown – a Call for Rapid Action by Shipping to Slow Arctic Melting
This COP28 side event provided an overview of the environmental and health impacts of black carbon on the Arctic.
Recommendations of civil society organisations on the occasion of the One Planet Polar Summit
We, the undersigned organisations, urgently call on leaders attending the One Planet Polar Summit to agree to work together to deliver a bold and widespread plan of action to protect our planet and societies worldwide from the global impacts of cryosphere loss, and to give polar and high mountain regions, their ecosystems and people calling these places home the best chance to adapt and build resilience to the impending consequences of our fast- changing climate. We ask them to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency.
Arctic Circle 2023 backup
Iceland’s Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson provided a brief introduction The Clean Arctic Alliance’s “Arctic Shipping 2030” event took place during the 10th Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland on Saturday 21st October, 2023. As the Arctic faces a climate crisis, access by ships is changing. Between 2013 and […]
Webinar on Scrubbers: The End of an End of Pipe Solution?
During this webinar speakers will elaborate on the environmental impact of scrubbers – designed to remove sulphur from the exhaust of international ship – and their relevance to the discussions at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) which will next consider the use of scrubbers at the 11th session of the Pollution Prevention & Response (PPR) subcommittee meeting in February 2024.
