The UN’s 193 member states adopted a legally binding marine biodiversity agreement on Monday following nearly two decades of negotiations over forging a common wave of conservation and sustainability in the high seas beyond national boundaries – covering two thirds of the planet’s oceans. It forms t
Westwood has looked at the UK and Norway’s net-zero targets and steps being taken to decarbonise the oil and gas industry.
The Bonn Climate Change Conference helped lay the groundwork for the political decisions required at COP28 in Dubai at the end of the year.
A small group of Greenpeace Nordic activists has taken action to prevent a tanker carrying potentially harmful waste from the Norwegian oil industry to be discharged in Denmark. Utilizing divers and magnets underwater, the activists attached a small sailboat to the hull of the tanker Bothnia, which
This time last year, the world, especially Europe, was busy as popcorn on a skillet trying to secure energy supplies and balance net-zero targets with the global energy crisis hot on its heels. This prompted governments, policymakers and industry players to transform strategies and ramp up investmen
The UN Secretary-General is adamant that countries need to progressively phase out fossil fuels and massively boost investment in renewables.
Human rights and environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are urging UNDP to ensure the clean and safe recycling of the decaying floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel Safer, moored offshore Yemen, that is threatening to cause a massive oil spill. In a letter addressed to UNDP, the
The Ports of Stockholm and the Freeport of Riga Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on a joint application for EU funding to reduce the impact of port activities on the environment. The partnership aims to enable further development of passenger terminals in the two cap
Toxic air pollutants from cruise ships around ports are higher than pre-pandemic levels, leading to increased air pollution in Europe’s port cities, a new Transport & Environment study shows. The study indicates that despite introducing the UN shipping body’s sulphur cap in 2020, Europe’s 218 cruise
Ships’ emissions of metals and hazardous substances pose a significant threat to the marine environment, warns a new study conducted by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. The research found that water discharged from ships’ scrubbers, designed to clean exhaust gases, accounted for over 90%
Almost two-thirds (59%) of the shipping industry underestimate the negative environmental impacts of biofouling, with as much as 1 in 4 claiming to know little about the issue, a new report by marine coatings manufacturer Jotun has found. Biofouling is caused by the build-up of micro-organisms, plan
Equinor outlines in its new report that the 1.5-degree goal set in the Paris Agreement is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve.
Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization and Boston Consulting Group have revealed major insights from the Global Maritime Decarbonization Survey during a presentation held at Nor-Shipping 2023’s Tradewinds Ocean Stage. The survey sheds light on the current state of maritime decarb
Aker BP recently revealed a new oil discovery in the North Sea off Norway, which was made using a Saipem-owned rig.
