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UN consultative group backs zero-emission global warming aims
THE Tokyo-based International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), a United Nations consultative NGO, has passed a resolution at its Bali conference to back UN global warming zero-emissions policy of greenhouse gases in shipping.
Using its consultative status within the UN's International Maritime Organisation, the IAPH co-sponsored a German scheme, calling for a quantified global emissions control on shipping in line with the Paris global warming goals.
"IAPH took leadership on climate change early in the process with the World Ports Climate Initiative that was established in 2008", said IAPH president Santiago Garcia Mila.
"Ports worldwide are at the crossroads of land based and maritime industries and are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as the rise of sea level and extreme weather conditions. This is why we are keen to see an ambitious strategy in place want shipping and member states achieve this objective."
The IAPH also decided to integrate the World Ports Climate Initiative in a wider World Ports Sustainability Programme, that will extend the scope from climate action to the "full range of sustainable port development challenges the industry is facing".
The IAPH will lobby port and port-related organisations and launch its programme in Antwerp March 22-23, 2018.
Using its consultative status within the UN's International Maritime Organisation, the IAPH co-sponsored a German scheme, calling for a quantified global emissions control on shipping in line with the Paris global warming goals.
"IAPH took leadership on climate change early in the process with the World Ports Climate Initiative that was established in 2008", said IAPH president Santiago Garcia Mila.
"Ports worldwide are at the crossroads of land based and maritime industries and are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as the rise of sea level and extreme weather conditions. This is why we are keen to see an ambitious strategy in place want shipping and member states achieve this objective."
The IAPH also decided to integrate the World Ports Climate Initiative in a wider World Ports Sustainability Programme, that will extend the scope from climate action to the "full range of sustainable port development challenges the industry is facing".
The IAPH will lobby port and port-related organisations and launch its programme in Antwerp March 22-23, 2018.
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