The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has had a busy start to the year trying to shape the future carbon footprint of shipping.

Last month the Washington nonprofit created waves by issuing a 40-page report arguing that ships fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) do not deliver the emissions reductions required by the International Maritime Organization’s initial greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy, and that using LNG could actually worsen shipping’s climate impacts.

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Posted on - 2020-02-13

Antarctica has hit more than 20 degrees Celsius for the first time on record - less than 2 degrees below Wellington's forecast maximum temperature on Friday.

Brazilian scientists recorded 20.75C at Seymour Island on February 8, The Guardian reported.

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Posted on - 2020-02-13

Why is shipping important to climate change? And why are our Pacific delegations play such critical role in the International Maritime organisation's current debates?

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Posted on - 2020-02-12