How IMO Can Take Arctic Action: Cutting Atlantic Shipping Emissions and Banishing Scrubbers

Why Emission Control Areas Are the Best Tool for Tackling Air Pollution from Ships at Sea Page 1 crop

Clean Arctic Alliance calls on IMO member states to support a proposal for a new Northeast Atlantic emission control area to enter into force in 2027. The alliance is also calling on governments to support a proposal for a resolution calling on shipping operators to avoid using scrubbers and end release of scrubber discharge wastes in marine protected areas, habitats important for endangered wildlife, and other ecologically sensitive areas such as the Arctic.