Seizing the opportunity of the climate action momentum
Over 80% of the goods consumed around the world are transported by sea, making shipping the engine of the global...
Kiribati set to welcome cruises to pristine protected area
Kiribati's tourism authority is expecting 2020 to be an exciting year for cruise ship visits.The visits will include the first...
Irreconcilable rift cripples UN climate talks as majority stand against polluters
The rift between a growing climate vanguard and a handful of countries obstructing progress meant countries failed to finalise the...
‘Low ambition coalition’ puts UN climate talks in question
UN climate talks appear to be in trouble as they head into extra time. Fault lines have re-appeared between different...
Energy transition and uncomfortable questions for shipping
Last month I was invited by the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI), to participate in meetings related to the energy...
COP25: Hopes for a miracle as climate talks appear to falter
As thousands of delegates enter this convention centre on the outskirts of Madrid, a giant screen pierces through the murky...
UN climate talks: ‘We’re all in the same canoe’
The lines of Economic Economic Zones (EEZ) "only exist on charts and in our minds," Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama...
Decarbonisation delay ‘poses shipping’s biggest threat’
Shell’s vice-president of shipping and maritime Grahaeme Henderson says measures must be taken now to tackle greenhouse gas emissions rather...
‘World’s first’ fully-electric commercial flight takes off
The short test flight by Harbour Air and magniX involved a six-passenger aircraft fitted with an electric motor. The companies...
Climate change: Major emitters accused of blocking progress at UN talks
Delegates from developing countries have reacted angrily to what they see as attempts to block progress at the COP25 meeting...
Seafloor scar of Bikini A-bomb test still visible
The date was 25 July 1946. The location - Bikini Atoll. The event - only the fifth A-bomb explosion and...
COP 25 Side Event Promotes Ocean and Climate Nexus for Increasing Ambition
A side event taking place during the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain, focused on the ocean and...