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Comments from Minister Eamon Ryan on the new Just Transition Commission have been described as "too simplistic a spin" by one senator.

As shipowners plough investments into dual-fuel vessels there are increasing questions about who is going to train the crew to handle alternative fuels.

While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared that all coal production must be phased out by 2050 to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, India is in the midst of a fossil-fuelled transition toward increased coal production, the research from the University of California Irvine, US, found.

Climate And Development: While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared that all coal production must be phased out by 2050 to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, India is in the midst of a fossil-fuelled transition toward increased coal production, the research from the University of California Irvine, US, found.

Women often face the worst and most acute impacts of climate change ( BBC, 2018 ). This is being experienced first-hand by the women of the Bumaji clan in the Boki Local Government Area (LGA), and other forest communities in Cross River State, Nigeria. As the group mainly responsible for food gathering and preparation, they bear the brunt of forest mismanagement and land-use degradation. The Boki LGA, which includes the Afi mountain range, is second to the Akamkpa LGA in terms of having...

Shipping industry’s Just Transition Task Force announces Singapore Maritime Foundation as first programme partner Task Force convened to ensure fair and equitable green transition for workers, communities and all nations as shipping decarbonises MSC, ONE, and Anglo Eastern among other private sector partners announced at Singapore Maritime Week 7 April, 2022, Singapore – The Maritime Just Transitio

SMF has become a programme partner of the Maritime Just Transition designed to ensure the seafarers are treated fairly in the move to green shipping.

Representatives of the shipping industry have laid out proposals on how a planned R&D fund can be tailored to support developing economies.

Representatives of the global shipping industry, supported by governments, have laid out proposals on how a planned global R&D fund can be tailored to support developing economies. Updated proposals submitted to the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) outlined how a planned $5bn IMO Maritime Research Fund (IMRF), which will accelerate the development of zero-carbon technologies ...

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