The latest report from top international scientists – which warns that we will likely exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming a decade earlier than expected – should trigger both serious concern and concerted action by policymakers around the world. The report makes clear that if we don’t move aggressively to cut the pollution heating our atmosphere, we are guaranteeing a less stable, less habitable and less prosperous world now and in the future.

Our EU shipping policy expert Panos Spiliotis explores the EU's "Fit for 55" policy package and what this means for decarbonising shipping.

Today, the European Commission released the “Fit for 55” package, a suite of measures that will underpin the European Union’s efforts to reach its pledge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. Part of the larger EU Green Deal, the “Fit for 55” package includes policy proposals that would define the pathway for the EU to fulfil its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement. The proposals are the first step in the EU legislative process, with the EU climate laws expected to be finalised in the next two years.  

A study by Ricardo and Environmental Defense Fund for the P4G Getting to Zero Coalition Partnership finds that South Africa holds an untapped opportunity to supply the global shipping industry with zero carbon fuels.

The road to progressive shipping climate policy at the International Maritime Organization ultimately comes down to political will

Our Shipping Manager Marie writes in the latest edition of Bunkerspot on the IMRB proposal at the IMO and how it lacks ambition.

The internationally accepted “polluter pays” principle gives the IMO a green light to take fast action on a market-based mechanism to tackle the shipping industry’s staggering greenhouse gas emissions, says a new white paper from Environmental Defense Fund Europe and Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

The Florence School of Regulation and Environmental Defense Fund Europe have published a new policy brief titled Designing an EU Methane Performance Standard for Natural Gas. In the report, FSR’s Andris Piebalgs and Maria Olczak together with EDF’s Kristina Mohlin describe policy pathways for a methane performance standard for natural gas to address upstream emissions for both imported and domestically produced gas.

Today, Environmental Defense Fund and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping formalized their collaboration by signing a Partnership Agreement. With the Agreement, Environmental Defense Fund becomes an official partner to the Center, committing to a long-term strategic collaboration about the reduction of emissions from shipping.