85. The Future of Shipping
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This is our third episode of an Outrage + Optimism investigative series on The Future of Transport.
With 2020 barely in the rearview mirror, the pandemic rages on across the globe, new variants bringing concern and unified collective action to the forefront as a rapidly developed vaccine begins being administered as we speed into 2021.
That same resolve needs to be applied to climate change and the sectors in most urgent need of decarbonisation. And this week, we dive into the future of sustainable shipping.
We rarely ever think about the things we buy as being transported by sea, but shipping has been the backbone of global economies for thousands of years and today accounts for 90% of world trade. It is responsible for 2-3% of global emissions which if it were a country, would put it on a par with Germany - the world’s sixth biggest emitter.
The challenge to decarbonise shipping is huge. With around 60,000 vessels currently in operation emissions are expected to be 50% higher in 2050 than in 2018.
So how to turn this ship around? Our hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson speak to scientists, CEOs, politicians and pioneers committed to charting a course to a more sustainable shipping future.
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Guests this week
Jutta Paulus, MEP, Greens/EFA
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Erik Lewenhaupt, Head of Sustainability, Stena Line
Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO, Port of Antwerp
Peter Hinchliffe, Former Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping
Louis-Noel Vivies, Managing Director, Energy Observer
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Diane Gilpin, CEO and founder, Smart Green Shipping
Simon Bullock, Researcher, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester
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James Mason, Researcher, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester
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Nishan Degnarain, Chair, Ocean Finance Initiative, London School of Economics
Søren Skou, CEO of A.P. Møller - Mærsk
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Jules Kortenhorst, CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrageant Optimism, I'm Tom Ravicana. |
| 0:16.5 | Josike, it is Gennephi Gerdes. |
| 0:18.3 | And I'm Paul the Genson. |
| 0:19.6 | This week, in a break from our normal format, we bring you the third in a special series |
| 0:24.8 | of episodes looking at the future of sustainable transport and its importance. |
| 0:29.8 | In reaching the global target of net zero by 2050. |
| 0:39.7 | 2020 was a year like no other in living memory, with a pandemic that killed more than one |
| 0:44.6 | and a half million people, decimated economies and destroyed livelihoods. |
| 0:49.4 | But it also demonstrated the power of collective action and the ability of people to rapidly |
| 0:54.8 | change their behaviour for the common good. |
| 0:57.7 | The 2020s are a decisive decade as we enter a new year that same resolve needs to be applied |
| 1:04.3 | to climate change and the sectors in most urgent need of decarbonisation. |
| 1:10.3 | Take a look around you. |
| 1:11.9 | Wherever you may be listening right now, I can guarantee you'll be within touching |
| 1:16.2 | distance of something that has been transported by sea. |
| 1:20.4 | Shipping has been the backbone of global economies for thousands of years and today accounts |
| 1:25.1 | for 90% of world trade. |
| 1:27.6 | Although considered the most efficient method of transport in terms of cost, it's also responsible |
| 1:33.0 | for 2-3% of global emissions, which, if it were a country, would put it on par with Germany, |
| 1:39.7 | the world's sixth biggest emitter. |
| 1:42.1 | The challenge to decarbonise shipping is huge. |
| 1:45.4 | With around 60,000 vessels currently in operation, emissions are expected to be 50% higher in 2050 |
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