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...
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)...
Not What it Seems: Pacific Trade Data Quality Limits the Understanding of Maritime Decarbonization’s Economic Impacts on the World’s Most Climate-Vulnerable States
New research highlights shortcomings in the availability and quality of datasets across Pacific states in terms of their ability to...
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...
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...
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...
6PAC+ Calls for Urgent Action: ISWG-GHG 18 Confirms Majority Support for a Universal Maritime Levy
London, UK 21 February 2025 – With 51 co-sponsoring nations and growing backing from Africa, Latin America, and other Small Island...
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...
A Wave of Support for Levy Ahead of ISWG-GHG18
London, United Kingdom – 15 February 2025 – London was abuzz last night as the Pacific, African and Caribbean Talanoa...
50+ Nations Rally Behind 6PAC+ Call for a levy to enable Equitable Shipping Climate Measures in London
London, 14 Feb 2025 – The 6PAC+ Alliance, a coalition of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from the Pacific, Africa,...
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One Planet Shipping: Can Maritime Transport Deliver Climate Justice? Presentation by Christiaan De Beukelaer at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced...
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,...