November 2023 - Clean Arctic Alliance

COP28 Side Event: Stop Arctic meltdown – a Call for Rapid Action by Shipping to Slow Arctic Melting

16 November 2023 / Events, Uncategorised, Webinars

What: Side event – When: December 6, 1130 Dubai, 0830 Brussels, 0730 London, 0230 Washington DC Where: Cryosphere Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP28, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Streaming Online (link will be emailed to you before the event – register below) For more information, contact [email protected] [add-to-calendar-button name=”Title” options=”‘Apple’,’Google'” startDate=”2023-10-23″ startTime=”08:30″ description=”Description with {b}bold{/b} text.”] Register here </p? [add-to-calendar-button name=”Clean Arctic Alliance side event at COP28″ options=”‘Apple’,’Google’,’iCal’,’Microsoft365′,’MicrosoftTeams’,’Outlook.com’,’Yahoo'” timeZone=”CET” startTime=”08:30″ startDate=”2023-12-06″ description=”Clean Arctic Alliance {b}COP28{/b} side event.”]

Recommendations of civil society organisations on the occasion of the One Planet Polar Summit

8 November 2023 / Publications, Statements

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

3 November 2023 / Uncategorised

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 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. In parallel, international regulation to reduce the impact of shipping both globally and particularly on the Arctic is under development.

Webinar on Scrubbers: The End of an End of Pipe Solution?

2 November 2023 / Events, News, Webinars

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.