Published by the Maritime Executive, January 22, 2025, ahead of PPR12 – and written by Bill Hemmings, Black Carbon Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance.
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) subcommittee meets in London from January 27th to 31st to consider important unfinished business related to the environmental and climate impacts of international shipping’s growing presence in the Arctic. With this sensitive region being the canary in the mine for global climate breakdown, and with 2024 marked as the first year the Earth surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, it is crucial to pay close attention to what happens – or does not happen – during this meeting.
