World Ports Commit to Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions
Today, port authorities from around the world endorsed the World Ports Climate Declaration, in which they actively commit themselves to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. The endorsement came at the conclusion of a three-day conference hosted by the City of Rotterdam and sponsored by, among others, the C40 Climate Leadership Group, an alliance of the world’s largest cities committed to tackling climate change. According to the conference chairman, 55 ports endorsed a framework that will lead to “concrete international measures.”
Subjects that will be addressed by the ports include the development of a standard method for quantifying CO2 emissions from ships. The ports also plan to develop a global indexing system that will enable them to reward climate-friendly ocean going ships, and punish the polluters. The next follow-up meeting will take place in Los Angeles in November.
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