Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has said it will trial biofuel on its ships.
“We’re studying with one of our subsidiary companies the usage of biofuel and how that can reduce fuel consumption to meet some of the targets for [the] Adnoc group of companies,” Captain Abdulkareem Al Masabi, chief executive of Adnoc Logistics and Services, told The National newspaper in an interview in the UAE over the weekend.
Posted on - 2020-02-03From 1 January this year, stricter sulphur levels for ships have come into force to reduce air pollution and human health impacts such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
Shipping companies and fuel providers have been using new blends of fuels to meet the sulphur guidelines. But instead, research suggested the new fuels could lead to an increase of the sector’s climate impacts.
Posted on - 2020-02-02The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has reported on the impacts of four years of work with businesses to set emissions reductions targets. The report findings amount to “a clear signal that the transition to a low-carbon economy is underway,” SBTi argues, as private sector action can lead governments to set more ambitious policies and regulations.
SBTi is a collaboration between CDP, the UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Since its launch in 2015, over 680 companies have made a commitment to set science-based targets. Each participating company develops targets in a 24-month process and submits them to SBTi, which assesses them against scientific criteria.
Posted on - 2020-01-30