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LOCATION:Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
SUMMARY:COP28 side event - The 2023 IMO GHG Strategy: Defining the global l
 evel-playing-field for shipping decarbonization
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DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD\, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the 
 International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are holding a side-event at 
 COP 28 entitled: The 2023 IMO GHG Strategy: defining the global level-play
 ing-field for shipping decarbonization.\n\nThis side event will outline th
 e ambitions in the 2023 GHG Strategy and highlight the need for collaborat
 ion amongst all stakeholders to reach the goals.\n\nProgramme\n\nWelcome r
 emarks and 2023 IMO GHG Strategy: key elements\n\n\nMr. Arsenio Dominguez\
 , Director\, Marine Environment Division and incoming Secretary-General\, 
 IMO\n\n\nIntergovernmental collaboration to support a net-zero future for 
 international shipping\n\n\nMr. Francesco La Camera\, Director-General\, I
 RENA\nMs. Rebecca Grynspan\, Secretary-General\, UNCTAD [Video message]\n\
 n\nGovernment perspectives on the implementation of the 2023 IMO GHG Strat
 egy\n\nModerator:\n\n\nMs. Johannah Christensen\, CEO\, Global Maritime Fo
 rum\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\nMr. Mark Harbers\, Minister of Infrastructure and 
 Water Management\, the Netherlands\nMr. Avinash Persaud\, Special envoy to
  the Prime Minister on investment and financial services\, Barbados\nMr. R
 agnhild Sjoner Syrstad\, State Secretary to Minister of Climate and Enviro
 nment\, Norway\nAmb. Albon Ishoda\, Presidential Special Envoy for Shippin
 g\, Marshall Islands\n\n\nMaritime value chain perspectives on increasing 
 availability of alternative fuels to ensure achieving the reduction target
 s in the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy\n\nModerator:\n\n\nMr. Jan Hoffmann\, Chief
 \, Trade Logistics Branch\, UNCTAD\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\nMr. Bud Darr\, Grou
 p Executive Vice President\, Maritime policy and government affairs\, MSC\
 nMr. Christophe Pouts\, Chair of Fuels and Products Working Group\, IPIECA
 \nMs. Alicia Eastman\, President\, InterContinental Energy\nMr. Cem Ugur\,
  Director Group Shipping\, Tata Steel\n\n\nClosing remarks\n\n\nMr. Arseni
 o Dominguez\, IMO\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;UNCTAD\, the International Maritime Organi
 zation (IMO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are hol
 ding a side-event at COP 28 entitled: The 2023 IMO GHG Strategy: defining 
 the global level-playing-field for shipping decarbonization.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n
 \n&lt\;p&gt\;This side event will outline the ambitions in the 2023 GHG St
 rategy and highlight the need for collaboration amongst all stakeholders t
 o reach the goals.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h4 class=&quot\;text-align-center\n
 \nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/cop28-side-event-
 2023-imo-ghg-strategy-defining-global-level-playing-field-shipping
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