Last week, Rhona Macdonald attended events as part of Nor-Shipping in Oslo. As part of this visit, she attended a high-level meeting on global shipping and just energy transition organised by the UN Global Compact and the Government of Norway. This meeting was attended by stakeholders from across the value chain, including IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim, who all engaged in active discussions on science-based pathways to decarbonise the global shipping industry. In light of the upcoming discussions at MEPC 80, delegates urged Member States to focus on science-based and 1.5-degree aligned pathways to reach zero emissions by 2050. Rhona also attended a conversation with the leading decarbonisation centres, hosted by Lloyd’s Register. Leaders from Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, and the Global Maritime Forum represented their respective organisations in a panel discussing opportunities for collaboration among the decarbonisation centres to address the challenge and how they will shape future strategies to make zero-emissions shipping the default choice by 2030. Overall, an insightful few days were had engaging with stakeholders of the shipping industry to better understand how ports and shipping can effectively work together towards a greener future.
