As Arctic Ocean Acidifies Due to Changing Climate, Shipping Sector Must Slash Black Carbon Emissions
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC 82), opens today, the Clean Arctic Alliance urges IMO member states to regulate emissions of black carbon from shipping in and near the Arctic, and to ban the use of scrubbers in the Arctic.
Infographic: Navigating towards the solution: Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), a global GHG standard and a levy
As delegates meet at the International Maritime Organization in London this week, Seas At Risk has released the following infographic to push for a strong Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), a global greenhouse gas fuel standard and an ambitious levy.
Infographic: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a threat to the Arctic
When burned by ships, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) emits methane a dangerously potent greenhouse gas. And as a fossil fuel, LNG clearly should not be part of the solution to shipping decarbonisation. This is particularly worrying in the Arctic where growing extraction, processing, and transport result in methane leakage, adding to the warming effect on the fragile Arctic permafrost ecosystem.
Find out what the Clean Arctic Alliance – and others – are asking of Arctic nations, shipping industry and finance sectors if they truly want to reduce emissions of CO2, black carbon, and methane by 2030.
Pre-MEPC 82 Briefing: Everything you need to know – black carbon, GHGs, scrubbers, noise, plastics, and other shipping impacts
This briefing aimed to provide insights on the agenda for climate emissions and marine pollution discussions at the forthcoming 82nd session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 82, 30 September – 4 October 2024). The event presented the Clean Arctic Alliance’s expectations and recommendations for this meeting, and what is at stake for black carbon, ECAs, scrubbers, underwater noise, GHGs, plastics and biodiversity.
Briefing: Only Polar Fuels should be used in the Arctic (north of 60°N)
The Clean Arctic Alliance urge the Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers: to support the concept of polar fuels, to support regulating for the use of polar fuels in the Arctic in IMO’s MARPOL Convention, and to agree that Nordic countries should make Polar Fuels mandatory for ships sailing in their Arctic waters.
MEPC 82/9/7: Reduction of Underwater Radiated Noise From Commercial Shipping – Comments on document MEPC 8292
This document comments on document MEPC 82/9/2 and summarizes available resources and information to assist the shipping industry with uptake of the Revised guidelines for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life (MEPC.1/Circ.906) and is also submitted as a contribution to the EBP for the Revised Guidelines.
MEPC 82/7/17: Global Tipping Points – Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships
This document provides new information on planetary tipping points and introduces the concept of positive tipping points or sources of hope, in support of proposals contained in document MEPC 82/7/10 (FOEI et al.).
ISWG-GHG 17/3: Literature review on well-to-tank emissions from liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to the EU
This document shares the findings of an extensive literature review on the well-to-tank (WtW) GHG intensity of liquified natural gas(LNG) imports to the European Union.
ISWG-GHG 17/2/17: The ITLOS Advisory Opinion: legal obligations on States
This document sets out key legal obligations relevant to the international shipping sector as explained by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in its advisory opinion of 21 May 2024 in case number 31 and puts forward policy recommendations that will assist States in complying with such obligations.
ISWG-GHG 17/2/19: Proposed process for the further development of the basket of candidate mid-term measures
This document comments on documents MEPC 81/16 and MEPC 81/16/Add.1, annex 12 and invites the Working Group to ensure an inclusive, deliberative and transparent process for the further development of the basket of candidate mid-term measures during working groups at ISWG-GHG 17, MEPC 82 and at any other formal and informal sessions that might happen in between.
