In a serious blow to the Arctic and the fight to stop global heating, the UN’s International Maritime Organisation (IMO), responsible for regulating international shipping, has firmly rejected the pleas of all of those crying out for ambitious climate action.
Civil society groups have lambasted the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for failing to take action on the Arctic climate crisis, after plans to reduce black carbon emissions from shipping in the Arctic were bumped off the agenda of its Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 76), which ended today.
As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee opens today (MEPC 76), IMO member states were called on to take urgent and immediate action to protect the Arctic from the impacts of shipping emissions and pollution.
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Join us on Nov 29: for “From #cop27 to @IMOHQ Action: Charting a Course to Ambition
https://bit.ly/mepc79_briefing #mepc79 – with @LucyGilliam @SeasAtRisk @BillHemmings @Sian_Prior9 @EelcoLeemans #webinar
🧵⚓️🛳️🇪🇺⏰⛽️❄️”There is perhaps no more iconic front line in battle against #climatechange than the #Arctic, where scientists say temperatures have risen by three times the global average.” @ericmartintw @tradewindsnews
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/esg/green-seas-at-cop27-a-bid-to-lift-shipping-s-black-carbon-emissions-up-the-agenda/2-1-1354678 #cop27 #blackcarbon #shipping
At the #COP27 @CleanArctic panel, speakers shared research and indigenous perspectives on eliminating #blackcarbon from shipping—an area that’s crucial to address with regulations as voluntary reductions haven’t been effective. @FletchMaritime #FletcherAtCOP27 https://twitter.com/CleanArctic/status/1590713439038898177
Now speaking Lisa Koperqualuk, Inuit Circumpolar Council on Indigenous perspective “we are very concerned about climate emissions from ships – Inuit are on the front line of the #ClimateCrisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyvO4dWj-PI @ICC_Canada
Pacific Environment’s Guide to IMO is a resource for anyone looking to get a crash course in what the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is and how it operates. In the guide, you will find descriptions of committees and sub-committees, section by section summaries of key IMO instruments (like the Polar Code), a list of every participating non-governmental organization with links to their websites, a glossary of common acronyms and terms, and much more. Download here.
The Clean Arctic Alliance is working for a ban on heavy fuel oil from Arctic shipping
