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DTSTART:20240522T140000Z
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TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20240522T150000Z
LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados
SUMMARY:Climate change mitigation and energy transition
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The session will address the imperative to reduce greenhouse ga
 s (GHG) emissions in shipping and transition to sustainable energy sources
 .Shipping\, responsible for over 80% of global trade\, must align with GHG
  reduction targets set by the International Maritime Organization. Decarbo
 nizing shipping poses challenges and opportunities\, particularly for Smal
 l Island Developing States (SIDS)\, which face increased maritime logistic
 s costs. Participants will explore strategies to address SIDS&#039\; needs
 \, mitigate energy transition costs\, and promote the adoption of GHG redu
 ction measures.The session aims to generate action-oriented recommendation
 s for SIDS to engage in decarbonizing maritime transport\, leveraging bene
 fits from the energy transition while managing associated costs. Programm
 e Moderator:Shamika N. Sirimanne\, Director\, Division on Technology and 
 Logistics\, UNCTAD Speakers:Ramón Pichs-Madruga\, IPCC Vice-Chain for Wo
 rking Group III\, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)Avinash 
 Persaud\, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President\, Inter-Ameri
 can Development Bank (IDB)George Tavo\, Deputy Secretary for the Ministry 
 of Public Works\, Meteorological Services and Transport\, FijiKjersti Aass
 \, Lead\, Maritime Just Transition Task Force\, UN Global Compact &lt\;p&
 gt\;The session will address the imperative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
  emissions in shipping and transition to sustainable energy sources.&lt\;/
 p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Shipping\, responsible for over 80% of global trade\, mus
 t align with GHG reduction targets set by the International Maritime Organ
 ization. Decarbonizing shipping poses challenges and opportunities\, parti
 cularly for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)\, which face increased m
 aritime logistics costs. Participants will explore strategies to address S
 IDS&#039\; needs\, mitigate energy transition costs\, and promote the adop
 tion of GHG reduction measures.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The session aims to 
 generate action-oriented recommendations for SIDS to engage in decarbonizi
 ng maritime transport\, leveraging benefits from the energy transition whi
 le managing associated costs.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt
 \;&lt\;h4&gt\;&lt\;u&gt\;Programme&lt\;/u&gt\;&lt\;/h4&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp
 \;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;Moderator:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;stron
 g&gt\;Shamika N. Sirimanne&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Director\, Division on Techn
 ology and Logistics\, UNCTAD&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\
 ;&lt\;p&gt\;Speakers:&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;ul&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;R
 amón Pichs-Madruga&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, IPCC Vice-Chain for Working Group I
 II\, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&
 gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Avinash Persaud&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Special Advisor on 
 Climate Change to the President\, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)&lt
 \;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;George Tavo&lt\;/strong&gt\;\, Deput
 y Secretary for the Ministry of Public Works\, Meteorological Services and
  Transport\, Fiji&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;li&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Kjersti Aass&lt\
 ;/strong&gt\;\, Lead\, Maritime Just Transition Task Force\, UN Global Com
 pact&lt\;/li&gt\;&lt\;/ul&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView 
 meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/climate-change-mitigatio
 n-and-energy-transition
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