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.
🧵2/2: No new technology needed, just action! New technology then follows with the installation of diesel particulate filters (as used for years on road vehicles) on ships for a 90+% reduction in black carbon. https://twitter.com/IMOHQ/status/1572973204829782022 #imocares @asmarina2022
#WorldMaritimeDay is next week. This year’s theme “New technologies for greener shipping, reflects the need to support a green transition of the maritime sector into a sustainable future. Tell us, what actions are you taking to make shipping greener? https://bit.ly/3UwFHKT
🧵.@CleanArctic is calling for immediate action in a mandatory switch to distillate for ships operating north of 60oN to reduce #blackcarbon emissions impacting #Arctic. #imocares 1/2 https://twitter.com/IMOHQ/status/1572973204829782022
#WorldMaritimeDay is next week. This year’s theme “New technologies for greener shipping, reflects the need to support a green transition of the maritime sector into a sustainable future. Tell us, what actions are you taking to make shipping greener? https://bit.ly/3UwFHKT
🧵🚢Way1: Ban use & carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) within 12 nautical mile territorial sea limit ahead of entry into effect of @IMOHQ Arctic HFO ban (due to enter into effect on 1 July 2024), & not issue waiver for nationally flagged ships when the ban enters into effect. https://twitter.com/CanadaArctic/status/1572907697686839296
Environment ministers from four Nordic countries signed an agreement to create green corridors for emission-free shipping in the Arctic. @CleanArctic sets out 10 actions to make them a reality:
https://bit.ly/3Qk8EGG
📢👇🚨❄️🇪🇺🧵Check out this excellent blog by @TheICCT, calling on @Transport_EU to be truly “#Fitfor55” – by adding shipping’s #BlackCarbon emissions to climate policy.
https://theicct.org/fit-for-55-black-carbon-from-ships-aug22/ @TheICCT @MagdaKopczynska @EUClimateAction @TimmermansEU @ClaraGanslandt @eu_eeas 1/10
Cruise ship in South Greenland belching smoke in the clear Arctic air. Time to switch to clean fuel! #hfofreearctic #arctic #shipping
We’re calling on @nordenen to put in place A Clear Pathway for Achieving #Arctic Green #Shipping Corridors https://highnorthnews.com/en/clear-pathway-achieving-arctic-green-shipping-corridors
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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
