ENVIRONMENT – IMO

Strengthening ocean efforts to tackle climate change, marine biodiversity loss and pollution

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:04:14 +0000

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) taking place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya programme.

Can we still avoid 1.5 degrees C of global warming?

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:04:14 +0000

Strictly speaking, it’s not yet impossible to keep from heating our world more than 1.5 degrees Celsius beyond the average global air temperature of the mid-to-late 1800s, when the Industrial Revolution was gaining momentum.

Q2’23 Carbon emission Wrap Up | the scores are in… and we have a new number ONE.

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:04:14 +0000

2023 has seen further chaos in ocean freight rates as carriers battle to balance capacity and demand – but have these choppy financial waters brought unintended

Global temperatures breached critical 1.5°C warming threshold for first time over 12 month period

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:54 +0000

The global average temperature in January 2024 was 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels for the month, meaning the planet has breached the 1.5°C benchmark for the past 12 months.

Bellona meets with Arctic Council officials on black carbon and alternative energy in the polar region

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:54 +0000

As new environmental priorities fill the agenda of the Arctic Council under Norway’s leadership, Bellona met last week with its chair, Morten Høgland, to discuss battling climate change in the earth’s most vulnerable and rapidly heating region.

GPHA rolls out initiiative to tackle climate change

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:44 +0000

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has embarked on an initiative to create a sustainable environment and effective waste management.

Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:44 +0000

Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by the UN weather agency (WMO) on Tuesday shows.

Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023: WMO

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:44 +0000

The state of the climate in 2023 gave ominous new significance to the phrase “off the charts.”

Groundbreaking climate opinion from international court – States must go further to address GHG emissions

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:25 +0000

States must take “all necessary measures” to prevent, reduce and control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from any source – simply participating in global efforts is not necessarily enough.

Spain calls for close monitoring of ship movements amidst ‘carbon leakage’ fear

JSeo@imo.org — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:03:25 +0000

A closer monitoring of the consequences on European ports of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme extension is needed, according to Spain’s position expressed at Tuesday’s (18 June) Transport Council.