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IMO on International Transport Forum panel

By Craig Eason | Published: December 15, 2009
A reasonably well attended side event with IMO and ICAO on the panel. Perhaps the appearance of Bianca Jagger helped. Miguel Palomores gives a defence of the role of the IMO as well as the mitigation measures shipping is persuing. Talk is focusing on biofuels. And it all comes down to availability. But not any immediate fruit to [...]
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So what happens if?

By Craig Eason | Published: December 15, 2009
So here’s a thought. What happens if there is nothing decided here in Copenhagen? The discussions on bunker fuels remain in-camera. A focus group led by Singapore and Norway is leading the discussions on the role of shipping, hoping to narrow down the options to something usable. But this is a small part of the ongoing [...]
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Queue you!

By Craig Eason | Published: December 15, 2009
Why are members of the European Parliament here? That was the question raised by at least one national delegate from a European Country. With over 45,000 people now reported to be trying to get into the the 15,000 capacity Bella centre, it could be a valid question. Some people were known to queue for 8 hours, the MEP’s [...]
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Two steps forward and one step back

By Craig Eason | Published: December 14, 2009
Rumours are that the seven proposals became two on Friday evening. However the European Union then threw a spanner in the works by trying to insist that targets are included (namely 20% reduction). China and India have objected and the process is back to the beginning. They are behind closed doors again trying to work it [...]
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Looking ahead

By Craig Eason | Published: December 14, 2009
The USA and China are squaring up to each other. It almost seems like they are using the climate debate in a way the nuclear rhetoric was used between the USA and Russia 20 years ago. Only this time there are over 165 other countries in the debate. If China wants the USA (and the developed [...]
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Mitropoulos: “I was not impressed”

By Richard Meade | Published: December 10, 2009
International Maritime Organization secretary general Efthimios Mitropoulos was pulling no punches in Copenhagen this week. Speaking at what he described as “the mother of all conferences” he opened up his big address with all the requisite pleasantries and described how he had listened to all of the introductory remarks from countries. “I must say I was not [...]
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Conspiracy theory of the week

By Richard Meade | Published: December 10, 2009
Considering the media profile of the Copenhagen event, protests and rallies were always going to draw some attention. But so far no one march has managed to capture more than passing attention. Is this a mark of more balanced reporting being conducted by journalists or just an outbreak of conservative protesting standards amongst the green lobby? Probably [...]
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Hope and progress

By Craig Eason | Published: December 10, 2009
A major proposal that seemed to suggest taking the responsibility off of the IMO is now talking about working with it. The AMERS founder is saying that whether his system works as a levy, a contribution or a cap and trade system the main thrust of his proposal is how the funds collected from the maritime industry [...]
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IMO on and off the ball

By Craig Eason | Published: December 9, 2009
The two side events of the IMO have been packed. While the first one was barely half an hour in length, this morning’s was an hour and a half and really spelt out what action the organisation has planned for shipping. Officially it was organised by Cyprus and was part of the European Union’s list of [...]
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IMERS defends its corner

By Craig Eason | Published: December 9, 2009
The founder of the stand alone proposal being debated in the UNFCCC has defended his emission reduction scheme. Dr Andrew Stochimol has spent the last three years and a large sum of his own money developing the International Maritime Emission Reduction Scheme. He denied the rumours that he has lost the key support he had from Liberia and Nigeria [...]
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