Issuing agency: Lloyd's Register
Column: Regulatory updates
source: https://www.lr.org/en/knowledge/regulatory-updates/imo-meetings-and-future-legislation/mepc-80-summary-report/
The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has adopted a revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero, by or around 2050. This is a significant acceleration in the reduction of emissions compared to the strategy agreed only 5 years ago which required a 50% reduction by 2050 compared to 2008 levels.
This means that shipping is much closer to alignment with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement target of keeping global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels. In addition there are targets for carbon emissions reduction at indicative checkpoints of 20% by 2030 and 30 70% by 2040, compared to 2008 levels. Future-proof your fleet by exploring our MEPC 80 resources page.
This was a key topic of discussion throughout the week. The agreements made will have global significance across the maritime industry in the coming decades. Key decisions made included:
Further work was undertaken on the prevention of air pollution from ships. MEPC 80:
As part of the journey to decarbonisation, a key element is making ships more efficient. The follow progress was made by MEPC 80:
Following PPR 10 in April, MEPC 80 was requested to follow up on a number of items, which resulted in the committee:
To protect some more vulnerable areas of the sea, MEPC 80:
Underwater radiated noise can have a significant impact on some species, particularly some cetaceans. IMO has continued to work on measures to reduce shipping’s impact on them by:
The Marine Environment Protection Committee 80th session (MEPC 80) will set the scene for decades of regulatory development on decarbonisation, future fuels and ultimately, the future of our ocean economy, with expectations to agree on a revised IMO GHG strategy.