MEPC 82/5/4: Air Pollution Prevention: EGCS pollution in Pacific Canada: investigation of Canada
Information and summary of an ongoing process with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation on Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems.
Clean Arctic Alliance Statement on US Extension to Continental Shelf
The Clean Arctic Alliance encourages all Arctic nations to work collaboratively to protect the Arctic from the impacts of heavy fuel oil and black carbon emissions regardless of Extended Continental Shelf delineations.
Clean Arctic Alliance Position: Deep Sea Mining
The Clean Arctic Alliance supports a global moratorium on all deep seabed mining activities.
MEPC 82/5/2*: Regulating Black Carbon emissions from international shipping impacting the Arctic
This submission develops the concept of “polar fuels” discussed at PPR 11. It seeks to set out the fuel characteristics that would distinguish polar fuels from residual fuels and thus lead to fuel-based reductions in ship Black Carbon (BC) emissions if mandated for use in an near the Arctic.
Shipping Green Corridors – a comprehensive new vision which includes people, nature, and climate
This position outlines CAA’s proposed approach to defining Arctic Shipping Green Corridors, which if implemented would support the reduction of shipping impacts and contribute to addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate, biodiversity, and pollution in the region.
Clean Arctic Alliance Briefing Note – 2025 UN Ocean Conference Prep Meeting July 2, 2024
Addressing the risks and challenges posed by shipping in the Arctic is imperative for the Arctic, biodiversity and global ocean health. The Clean Arctic Alliance urges the UN Ocean Conference to prioritize these issues and support international efforts for a cleaner, healthier Arctic and to prioritise the connections between Arctic shipping and ocean health to be included in the proposed Ocean Action Panels.
Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil Ban Arctic States Must Drop Climate-Warming Loopholes
As an International Maritime Organization (IMO) ban on the use and carriage heavy fuel oil (HFO) by Arctic shipping comes into force today, the Clean Arctic Alliance calls on IMO member states, particularly Arctic coastal countries, to implement the Arctic HFO ban and enforce it fully with immediate effect – without resorting to loopholes.
Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil Ban Media Coverage, June/July 2024
Collection of news coverage of the July 1st 2024 Arctic heavy fuel oil ban, featuring the Clean Arctic Alliance.
MEPC 82/5: Legal analysis on exhaust gas cleaning systems as an alternative compliance mechanism under MARPOL Annex VI from an air quality impact perspective
This document sets out a legal analysis on the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems as an alternative compliance mechanism under MARPOL Annex VI from an air quality impact perspective.
Everything You Need to Know About the July 1st Heavy Fuel Oil Ban
On July 1st 2024, an International Maritime Organization (IMO) ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by Arctic shipping will come into force. This web page brings together recent briefings, webinars, infographics, press releases and other articles regarding the ban, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it provides opportunities for Arctic countries and the shipping industry to ensure heavy fuel oil is no longer a part of Arctic shipping.
