The Monmouth University Institute for Global Understanding (IGU) and Urban Coast Institute (UCI) hosted Global Perspectives on Adapting Marine Shipping Governance and Maritime Sovereignty to Respond to Climate Change  as part of the Global Ocean Governance Lecture Series to assemble international experts.

If GHG emissions from maritime transport could be accounted as a country, it would be one of the world’s top 10 emitters. Moreover, shipping emissions are forecast to increase 50-250% by 2050 without significant intervention to effectively decarbonize the sector.