A. Issues in the Environment
1. Coronavirus Disease vaccine roll-out
1.1 Cabinet welcomed the progress with COVID-19 vaccinations which had on Tuesday, 8 June 2021 reached 1, 524, 589 and the Pfizer. | June 10, 2021
Understanding what a greenhouse gas inventory is, why inventories are produced and how they are created is a key first step in improving state's land-based GHG inventories.
100th State joins air pollution treaty
Argentina has become the 100th Contracting State to the mandatory International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations on cutting air pollution from shipping.
The regulations in Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) address air pollution from ships and include energy efficiency and fuel quality requirements designed to reduce harmful emissions from shipping.
With Argentina s ratification, the regulations now apply to 96.65% of world merchant shipping by tonnage.
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim welcomed the latest ratification. The Annex VI regulations limit air pollutants from shipping and improve energy efficiency, helping to combat climate change by reducing CO2 emissions from shipping. I am pleased that we now have 100 Contracting States and encourage others who have not yet done so, to become a party to this important treaty, Mr Lim said.
The Government on Wednesday approved the "Peru's National Adaptation Plan on Climate Change: an input for the update of the National Strategy on Climate Change."