The Green Climate Fund and private sector climate finance in the Global South
Governments and international organizations are increasingly using public funds to mobilize and leverage private finance for climate projects in the...
Sails and satellite navigation could cut shipping industry’s emissions by up to a third
In the vast expanse of the world’s oceans, a transformation is underway. The international shipping sector, made up of thousands...
Wing-in-Ground (WIG) Effect
Wing in Ground technology (WIG) offers a potential game changer – the ability to ‘fly’ boats at high speed just...
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
There are a number of existing mature technologies at or close to market that the Pacific can rely on to...
Flipping the IMO
This joint MCST project with the United Nations Foundation (UNF) UNF and the University College London University Maritime Advisory Services...
Voyaging in the Pacific
Volume 8 of Teaching Oceania Series, Voyaging in the Pacific is a new e-learning resource prepared by our partners at...
International Windship Association and the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport establish Pacific Wind Propulsion Hub
Majuro, Marshall Islands – November 8, 2023: The Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport (MCST) and the International Windship Association (IWSA)...
Marshall Islands Calls for Sustainable Shipping Practices in the Pacific
2 November 2023, Suva, Fiji –The Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP) meeting, hosted at the Novotel Hotel in Lami, witnessed...
Dr Irene Ta’afaki
It is with the greatest sadness that we acknowledge the passing of one of the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport’s...
PICAN MCST Webinars
PICAN Webinar: What happened at MEPC80 and what’s next for 6PAC+? - 3 August 2023 Presentation by John Taukave -...
Shipping Sector Emissions – 80th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC80)
We, Pacific Elders, deeply concerned with the security impacts of climate change, call upon the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as...
Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) wants ambition ramped up at the IMO shipping emissions negotiations
The Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV) will be meeting in London on 1st July 2023. The timing of this meeting falls...