WORKING TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC FROM THE IMPACTS OF SHIPPING A Clean Arctic Alliance Online Briefing ahead of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 79th session From COP27 to IMO action: Charting a Course to Ambition Tuesday 29 November 2022 - 16:00 UTC @cleanarctic @cleanarctic Welcome to the Clean Arctic Alliance’s webinar: From COP27 to IMO action: Charting a Course to Ambition Pleas. [...] FROM COP27 TO IMO ACTION: CHARTING A COURSE TO AMBITION 29/11/2022 JOHN MAGGS, PRESIDENT, CLEAN SHIPPING COALITION: A COMMITMENT TO PRE-2030 EMISSION REDUCTIONS KEY TO SUCCESS OF MEPC79 • Ship climate emission reductions must “take off” now, and not wait until 2030 • IMO ambition must be unambiguously in line with 1.5 degrees • This means a 50% cut by 2030 and full decarbonisation close to 2040 •. [...] • Switching to distillate fuels cuts ship BC immediately - by 40 -70% • Engine age, condition, load also factors - but much harder to control • Switching to distillates is widespread and routine when entering ECAs • So it is hard to understand the logic of any opposition, other than fuel cost • And, as always, regulatory capture by industry FROM COP27 TO IMO ACTION: CHARTING A COURSE TO AMBITION 2. [...] No new technology needed • IMO/PPR has been tossing the issue around for far too long • Now time to act - through simple amendment to MARPOL Annex VI • Parties can agree by consensus - then apples to all ships • Geographic scope needs to be wider than Polar Waters - north of 60oN • Cleaner fuels/distillates enables DPF filters - cut BC by over 90% FROM COP27 TO IMO ACTION: CHARTING A COURSE TO AMB. [...] • Use cleaner alternatives to heavy fuels, such as distillates, as Norway has done in the waters of the Svalbard archipelago • CAA has submitted a proposal to MEPC 79 calling on IMO Member States to amend regulation 43A of MARPOL Annex I to increase its effectiveness at protecting the Arctic from the risks of a HFO spill (MEPC 79/14/1).
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