Confronting Climate Change

Taking the ocean into account is critical for successfully addressing climate change, and addressing climate change is critical for the future of the ocean.

All Aboard!

How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Help Ships Kick Fossil Fuels

Ship moving through Arctic waters

Ocean Conservancy and Pacific Environment have released this report, All Aboard: How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Help Ships Kick Fossil Fuels, which lays out exactly how the U.S. government can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry in order to help slow climate change. 

Within All Aboard, one of the first recommendations you’ll see is that the U.S. needs to set an emissions reduction timeline. It’s great to see countries and companies make commitments to be “carbon neutral,” by 2050, but that won’t cut it here. What are they going to do along the way to reach that 2050 commitment? 

At any given moment, more than 50,000 ships are crossing oceans or loading or unloading at ports, from Shanghai and Los Angeles to Antwerp and Singapore.

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