Tag: policy

Parent and child overlooking a busy cargo container harbor.
Pacific Environment, Opportunity Green release ports playbook for zero-emission ocean shipping
Parent and child overlooking a busy cargo container harbor.
How ports can right the ship on industry pollution, emissions

In this critical moment for climate action, ports have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to right the ship and move the industry onto a trajectory commensurate with the climate emergency.

Parent and child overlooking a busy cargo container harbor.
3 ways the new climate law will help clean up dirty US ports

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $3 billion to slash pollution from ports by electrifying machinery, plugging ships into the grid and more.

Smoky cargo ship entering container harbor.
Ports must lead, not follow, shipping’s decarbonisation

Decarbonisation is the task of the decade for the global shipping industry. This month alone, conferences in Copenhagen, Athens, Rotterdam and Montreal, and a meeting at the International Maritime Organization, have been hosting discussions on how to reduce and eliminate the shipping industry’s climate-warming pollution.