IMO’s Edmund Hughes and Astrid Dispert are in Lima, Peru, to highlight IMO-adopted measures on energy efficiency for international shipping at the UN Climate Change Conference COP20 (1-12 December). On Monday (1 December), IMO is participating in a joint International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)/IMO side event on “International aviation and maritime transport: Addressing emissions from international bunker fuels” and will present the Third IMO Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Study 2014, which provides emissions estimates for international shipping for the period 2007–2012 and projections to 2050.
IMO will also provide a statement to the 41st session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 41) under Agenda item 10(d)”Emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport”.