E - REDUCTION OF THE IMPACT ON THE ARCTIC OF BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

These changes have unprecedented and significant impacts on people in the Arctic, especially Indigenous Peoples who are on the frontlines and experience impacts of severe weather changes, and whose cultural foundation and livelihoods thrive on the very nature of the Arctic environment of cold, snow and ice. [...] These changes have unprecedented and significant impacts on people in the Arctic, especially Inuit who depend on the marine and terrestrial plants and animals supported by the coastal zones of the Arctic Ocean, the tundra, and the sea ice. [...] The Arctic Ocean and its coastal seas not only serve as highways for Inuit over the ice in winter and in the open water season, but also are essential for transmission of culture and Inuit Knowledge, harvesting, and livelihoods. [...] It is urgent and imperative to mandate the reduction of BC emissions from shipping in and near the Arctic and Inuit homeland of Inuit Nunaat for all these reasons. [...] Geographic scope 14 In the recent circular MEPC.1/Circ.907, Guidelines for underwater radiated noise reduction in Inuit Nunaat and the Arctic, ICC has encouraged the use of a wider definition of the Arctic to ensure all of Inuit homeland (Inuit Nunaat) is included in any potential mitigation measures and to capture a more expansive ecosystem approach wider than the Polar Code.