Regarding global warming countermeasures for ships responsible for international logistics such as cargo ships and tankers, US Special Envoy Kelly held a special meeting at the time of the Climate Change Summit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Proposed a goal to do.
With more in-depth remarks, it seems that countermeasures will accelerate significantly in the future.
The special meeting of the Climate Change Summit was held online from 4 am Japan time and was attended by representatives from 10 countries including the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.
The agenda is global warming countermeasures in the fields of ships and shipping, which are responsible for international logistics. Special Envoy Kelly, who is in charge of climate change issues under the Biden administration in the United States, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. Proposed.
To date, the United Nations expert agency, IMO = International Maritime Organization, has adopted a strategy that includes cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050 and reducing them to zero as soon as possible during the century. However, the United States reserved it.
Special Envoy Kerry's remarks show that he is willing to cooperate with IMO's strategy and go further.
Hideaki Saito, Technical Deputy Director-General of the Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who chairs the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, said that the IMO will work on higher goals and effective rule-making, and the measures will accelerate significantly in the future. It looks like it will be.
Domestic companies also take measures
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is supporting technological development that will lead to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Of these, Kawasaki Kisen, a major shipping company, launched a large cargo ship that operates on LNG = liquefied natural gas, which emits less greenhouse gases, last month, and MOL plans to introduce a large ferry that operates on LNG next year. ..
NYK has also announced the concept of the ship with the goal of developing a large cargo ship with zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Hydrogen energy, which does not emit carbon dioxide, is used as energy, and sunlight is also used.
It is also equipped with an "air circulation system" that sends air to the bottom of the ship to reduce resistance due to friction between the bottom of the ship and seawater.
Other companies are also working on technological development, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism aims to put a zero-emission ship into practical use by 2028 and contribute to the reduction of international shipping emissions.
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism "Welcome the remarks of the US Special Envoy"
Hideaki Saito, Technical Deputy Director-General of the Maritime Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, who chairs the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, said, I think it is extremely big. Japan welcomes the remarks of the special envoy, and IMO wants to lead the discussion between Japan and the United States. "