“Moonshot” Proposal from RMI and Solomon Islands
The recently submitted proposal to IMO from RMI and Solomon Islands for a GHG levy starting at US$100/tonne has now...
ABC Interview with RMI Amb. Albon Ishoda over Carbon Levy Submission
RMI Ambassador to Fiji, Hon. Albon Ishoda, recently sat down with the Australian Broadcasting Corp. to discuss the recent joint...
Tuvalu Takes Aim at Launching Blockchain Digital Ledger
In pursuit of becoming the world's first paperless society, the Government of Tuvalu is interested in using blockchain technology to...
Electrofuel Production Requires Reliable, Clean Energy
While hydrogen can be used only onboard very low powered / short-ranged vessels due to storage and handling issues, ammonia...
Industry Collaboration on Ammonia Supply Chain at Port of Singapore
AP Moller Maersk, Fleet Management, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Sumitomo Corporation, and...
Banaba Island Facing Severe Water Shortage
The Kiribati island of Banaba, 6km2 in area, 285 kilometres from Nauru, is struggling with acute need of water, sanitation...
UMAS, COP26, and Getting To Zero Colation Release Shipping Decarbonization Report
Peder Osterkamp, shipping lead at COP26 Climate Champions, Dr Tristan Smith, reader in energy and shipping, University College London, and...
Stena Bulk Announces Zero-Emissions Vessel Concept
Stena Bulk unveiled its InfinityMAX design, intended to carry both dry and wet cargoes in modular compartments, which it claims could...
Emission Trading Scheme in China launched in February
The new national Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in China is focused on the thermal power sector, which accounts for half the nation’s carbon...
Japan’s K Line Launches Carbon Neutral Group
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) announced a carbon neutral promotion group to explore potential net zero emissions business. Last year...
Kiribati Sailors Stranded 8,000 Miles from Home
One hundred and thirty men from Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean are now living in a youth hostel because...
Ambition Must Uniformly Increase to Stave off Climate Catastrophe
Governments must halve emissions by 2030 if they intend the Earth to stay within the 1.5C "safe" threshold, and the UN...