Seas At Risk promotes solutions to single use plastic pollution at high level events
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The past month Seas At Risk has been presenting the results of our new study ‘Single-use plastics and the marine environment’ at high level events.
Help us to “Save EU seas by 2020”
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Time is ticking. Chances of achieving biologically diverse, clean and healthy seas by 2020 - as required by the Marine Directive - are decreasing every day if urgent action is not taken. Measures proposed by Member States to achieve this noble commitment are too weak and lacking in ambition to achieve it. Meanwhile our seas face increasing pressure. Action is necessary, now!
European Parliament Fisheries Committee seriously weakens marine environmental legislation
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The European Parliament Fisheries Committee today voted on a proposal that will revise legislation on the protection of fisheries resources and marine ecosystems. The proposal merges more than 30 existing regulations and directives, all aimed at minimising the impacts of fishing on ecosystems. However, the proposal seriously weakens or deletes several existing measures.
EU will reduce ship GHG emissions if IMO fails to do so
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EU governments and Members of the European Parliament have agreed that Europe should act on ship greenhouse gas emissions from 2023 if the International Maritime Organisation fails to deliver effective global measures.
IMO fails to recognise urgency of climate action
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Calls for urgent action to reduce ship greenhouse gas emissions have been met with heavy push-back by many states and big industry groups meeting at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). A group of Pacific Island and mainly European states clashed repeatedly with those saying that decisions on immediate measures should await the final iteration of the IMO’s comprehensive GHG strategy in 2023, rather than be part of the “initial” strategy in 2018. Green groups Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment, which are members of the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) [1], said the most obvious immediate measure is to regulate ship speed, with the feasibility and effectiveness of slow steaming having been proven during the recession.
How to cut ocean plastic pollution? Start with these billions of bottles, straws and coffee cups!
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New figures shine a light on the massive scale of the single use plastic problem in Europe, a problem that is contributing significantly to the ocean plastic pollution crisis yet could easily be addressed with existing policy solutions.
Regulating ship speed could cut emissions by a third – study
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Greenhouse gas emissions from three ship types - containerships, bulkers and tankers - could be reduced by a third, on average, by reducing their speed, according to a new independent study that will be presented to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) next week. The cumulative savings [1] from reducing the speed of these ships alone could, by 2030, be as much as 12% of shipping’s total remaining carbon budget [2] if the world is to stay under the 1.5ºC global temperature rise, the CE Delft study for NGOs Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment, founding members of the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC), found.
Call for a Paris Agreement for the Oceans at Our Ocean Conference
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Ministers from countries around the world gathered 5-6 October in Malta for the third Our Ocean conference, hosted by the European Commission. They were joined by NGOs, academics and agencies including Seas at Risk and some of our Members.
Avoiding mistakes from the past - the future of fishing funds under discussion
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On 12-13 October in Tallinn, the Estonian presidency of the EU and the European Commission jointly organised a conference on the implementation and future of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Seas At Risk spoke in support of funding for marine protection to achieve healthy productive seas, the basis for thriving coastal communities.
Seas At Risk launches a campaign to save EU seas by 2020 #emojiocean
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The EU Marine Directive requires Member States to achieve clean, healthy and productive EU seas by 2020 - a much needed holistic approach to marine management. However, 2020 is only two years away and NGOs are concerned that action by Member States is too slow and Programmes of Measures too weak. Seas At Risk has therefore launched a campaign to get European citizens involved to encourage EU Ministers to take further action to achieve their noble commitment.
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