{"id":40,"date":"2020-05-26T15:31:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T15:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sortyourshipout.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2024-02-01T07:00:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T07:00:34","slug":"the-solution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sortyourshipout.com\/the-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLUTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Our aim is to make sure governments at the UN’s global shipping regulator, the London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO), deliver on their climate commitments<\/a>, and that they do so in an equitable way. This means putting in place policies and measures that ditch fossil fuels for zero-emission alternatives as soon as possible, while supporting states most affected by this transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We already know that zero-emission shipping is technologically possible, and many companies are taking action. How? While battery electric ships<\/a> can cover short distances, long-haul intercontinental voyages can capture free, clean energy by installing modern wind<\/a> technology<\/a> systems<\/a> on their ships, and running on green hydrogen-based fuels<\/a> manufactured using 100% renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Governments must adopt policies to speed up this crucial transition. But cutting emissions is just a half of the story. Fairness and equity is the other. And that’s why it’s time to make shipping pay for its pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the key policies currently negotiated at the IMO is a global shipping levy, to be adopted in 2025. The levy will require shipping companies to pay a fee for every tonne of climate-heating pollution emitted from their vessels. Also known as carbon pricing<\/a>, this tried-and-tested climate policy will gradually make cheap and dirty fossil fuels more expensive, helping to close the price gap with clean energy that is currently more costly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mechanism will also generate massive revenues, potentially worth billions of dollars a year. This money fits the funding needs of developing, low-income countries, especially Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in South America, the Pacific, and Africa:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making this happen requires governments setting the levy rules right:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where does you government stand when it comes to setting a global levy on shipping emissions? Check our list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A shipping levy alone cannot carry off in full the clean transition shipping has embarked on. While this policy plays a key role in helping to close the price gap between fossil fuels and clean energy and in generating much-needed revenue, the IMO needs to complement it with further, additional measures. Namely, countries must mandate by law a greater use of renewable energy on ships through a so-called Global Fuel Standard\/Mandate. They must also strengthen the requirements for energy efficiency and operational efficiency of ships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shipping climate action Our aim is to make sure governments at the UN’s global shipping regulator, the London-based International Maritime Organization (IMO), deliver on their climate commitments, and that they do so in an equitable way. This means putting in place policies and measures that ditch fossil fuels for zero-emission alternatives as soon as possible,… Read More »SOLUTIONS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"yoast_head":"\nEnsuring an equitable transition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Government action!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Driving the green transition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n