Singapore: IMO secretary-general Efthimios Mitropolous delivered the second annual Singapore Maritime Lecture this week, the first having been given last year by the republic's minister mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Addressing the topic of 'Climate Change and International Shipping,' Mitropoulos gave an update on IMO work on reduction of the emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) from ships following the successful work carried out early this year on reducing other emissions such as SOx in the revision of Marpol Annex VI. 'IMO has also given ample consideration to this (GHG) matter, given the mandate that the Organization has, through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change " the UNFCCC " and its Kyoto Protocol, to pursue the limitation or reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases from ships, said Mitropoulos. 'We have established an ambitious but achievable action plan to that end and are now working towards the development and adoption of a robust regime that will regulate shipping at the global level and contribute to the slowing down of climate change. 'In particular, much progress has been made this year by the MEPC and in intersessional meetings on items such as the development of the Interim Guidelines for an Energy Efficiency Design Index for new ships, an Energy Efficiency Operational Index and best practices for fuel efficient operation of ships throughout the industry.
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