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Arctic Climate Crisis: Black Carbon Emissions

UN Shipping Body IMO Fails On Black Carbon, Lives Up To Reputation For Climate Inaction

7 April 2022 / ,
A week that opened with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lambasting governments and industry for their climate inaction, and the IPCC’s Climate Mitigation report criticising the poor climate governance of international shipping, is set to close with the UN’s shipping agency, the IMO, again kicking climate concerns into the long grass, by failing to reduce the climate impacts on the Arctic from the black carbon emissions responsible for 20% of shipping’s climate impact, said the Clean Arctic Alliance today.
Exhaust emissions from Marine Diesel - Photo: Jonathan Eastland/Ajax/Alamy

NGOs Welcome IMO Agreement to Cut Black Carbon Impacts on Arctic

26 November 2021 / ,
The Clean Arctic Alliance today welcomed the adoption of an International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolution to cut the climate impacts of black carbon emissions by shipping on the Arctic, but expressed disappointment in the watering down of its substance in order to reach consensus and placate a small but vocal group of opposing countries. 
Sea ice in the Arctic, photograph by Dave Walsh davewalshphoto.com

MEPC 77: IMO Must Rapidly Cut Emissions of Black Carbon From Shipping

22 November 2021 / ,
Clean Arctic Alliance calls on the IMO, its member states and international shipping to protect the Arctic by implementing a rapid decrease in emissions of black carbon from shipping in, or close to the Arctic.
How Black Carbon Emissions from Shipping Impact The Arctic

NGO Statement: IMO must tackle impact of black carbon emissions on Arctic

18 November 2021 / , ,
Recent IPCC reports and the developments at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow are a wake-up call that the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) cannot ignore. Countries must now build on their commitments to save the Paris Agreement’s 1.5° temperature goal with concrete action and halve shipping emissions by 2030 at the IMO.
International Shipping emissions contribute to global climate heating and Arctic sea ice melting

COP26: Stop the Melt! World Leaders Must Stick to Paris Agreement to Halt Arctic Sea Ice Loss

1 November 2021 /
As world leaders gather for the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, the Clean Arctic Alliance is calling for them to take action to preserve the crucial climate regulation ability of Arctic sea ice, by fulfilling the Paris Climate Agreement’s commitment to limit global heating to less than 1.5C.
Black carbon emissions are a special threat to the Arctic from ships are

Arctic Sea Ice Minimum: UN Shipping Body Must Act On Black Carbon Emissions

23 September 2021 /
The state of Arctic Sea ice, the cascading impacts of climate change, along with the IPCC findings make the levels of climate ambition and timelines currently on the table for shipping at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) totally inadequate. It is imperative that measures due for adoption at the IMO in November be strengthened to ensure they drive fast deep cuts in CO2 and black carbon emissions from ships, especially those visiting the Arctic”, said Prior