Potential Impacts of IMO GHG reduction measures on Pacific Food Security
Morgan Wairiu, Peter Nuttall, Maria Sahib, Andrew Irvin, Viliamu Iese, James Stewart and Eldine Glees
Abstract
This paper considers the potential impacts on Pacific Islands food security of proposed IMO mid-term measures for implementing the IMO’s 2023 Strategy for reduction of GHG emission from shipping. The paper discusses the context of food security as one element of the potential impacts, noting the ongoing issues of data paucity for Pacific Island states, reviews the recent relevant literature and presents an illustrative case study of Kiribati using best available data. Regardless of the mid term measures option selected at IMO, all evidence is that Pacific Island states will be among the most disproportionately impacted. Those impacts will include increased costs of all imported food (and all other shipped goods).
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Presented at the UNCTAD Multi-Year meeting held in Geneva, 2025