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Making Waves

Newsletter | July 11, 2025 Edition Out Now

From Voyaging Canoes to Decarbonisation Blueprints—Catch the latest from across our Blue Pacific. The Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport (MCST) is proud to share our latest July 11 2025 newsletter,...

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Stories from the Frontlines of Ocean Stewardship “If we trust the Ocean, then she will do the same.”– Mia Kami, from UNOC3 in Nice From treaty-signings and regional frameworks to...

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JT’s Reflections on UNOC 3, Nice

By John Taukave "If we trust the Ocean, then she will do the same." When Mia Kami storylived these words, I was reminded of the sacred reciprocity between people and...

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Charting the Course: Pacific Island States and the Extraordinary MEPC

The Policy Shift From 14–17 October 2025, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will meet for an extraordinary session that could reshape the decarbonisation trajectory of global shipping. The Extraordinary Marine...

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Island Ministers abstain in vote on weak deal on emissions pricing at International Maritime Organization

London, 11, April — Ministers from the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Vanuatu, as well...

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Not What It Seems: Pacific Trade Data Quality Limits the Understanding of Maritime Decarbonisation’s Economic Impacts on the World’s Most Climate-Vulnerable States

AbstractThis paper seeks to better understand the availability of datasets pertinent to the baselining, monitoring and forecasting of economic impacts resulting from implementation of the IMO’s Revised 2023 Strategy targets....
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Cruise Liners – are they good for Aotearoa and the Pacific and what more do we need to know? A Literature Review

This paper discusses what a true cost benefit analysis for the cruise liner industry would encompass, in response to an economic analysis of cruise tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand released...
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We must stop subsidising fossil fuels and tax them: A shipping levy is the best way to get serious this year

A recent study published by the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, of which most 6PAC+ countries are members, on the link between fossil fuel subsidies and obstruction to a maritime...
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European Maritime Transport Environmental Report 2025

The European Maritime Transport Environmental Report 2025 (EMTER 2025) was released on 04 February 2025. IWSA has contributed to the report and the IWSA Secretary General was also kindly invited...
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Latest Presentations

2025

One Planet Shipping: Can Maritime Transport Deliver Climate Justice? Presentation by Christiaan De Beukelaer at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), 8 February 2025 See Presentation Here HANUE TE’ ‘IS...
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Balancing Climate Action and Food Security: The Pacific’s Call for an Equitable IMO Transition

Introduction The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is advancing mid-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures as part of its 2023 Strategy, aiming to decarbonize the global shipping sector. However, for Pacific...
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Latest Presentations

2024

Understanding UN Maritime Sanctions Violations in the Pacific  Presentation by Pierre-Jean Bordahandy at the Regional Workshop on Deceptive Vessel Behaviour at Sea  for Maritime Agencies in Southeast Asia, November 2024...
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Pacific Ministers push to lock in clean energy transition at International Maritime Organization

Driven by Pacific leadership, the International Maritime Organisation is on the brink of making history with binding regulations to phase out fossil fuel use in global shipping. At a press...
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Shipping levy remains on table at IMO Climate Talks

Shipping levy remains on table at IMO Climate Talks A growing group of African, Caribbean, Latin America and Pacific Island (ACP+) climate negotiators kept universal pricing of shipping emissions on...
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Crunch Time for Climate Action:  Fossil Fuels or a 1.5°C Future?

March 2025, London, UK — With the survival of island nations hanging in the balance, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will reconvene in London on March 31 and April 1,...
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Navigating Consensus: Breaking Down the 6PAC+ Submissions to ISWG-GHG 18

On January 29, 2025, leading voices from the Pacific and beyond gathered for the webinar "Negotiating Consensus: Breaking Down the...

Webinar: Navigating the 6PAC+ Submissions to MEPC82

Webinar Video August 13, 2024 - The webinar "Navigating the 6Pac+ Submissions to MEPC82" brought together key stakeholders, experts, and...

Dissecting MEPC81: Is the IMO on course for an Equitable Transition?

Download Press Release [17 April 2024] - The maritime industry faces unprecedented challenges as it navigates towards a sustainable and...

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