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The first-ever cargo ship powered by green fuel | Morten Bo Christiansen

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πŸ—“οΈ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The shipping industry is vital to the global economy, but it's also a huge contributor to the climate crisis. Morten Bo Christiansen, a leader of the energy transition for the global shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk, talks to TED's Lindsay Levin about the launch of the first-ever cargo ship powered by green methanol, the industry's urgent need to shift away from fossil fuels -- and what it could all mean for people's pockets.

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0:00.0

Ted Audio Collective

0:10.8

I'm Elise Hugh, it's Ted Talks Daily.

0:13.3

Shipping and logistics are vital for the global economy, but globally they are huge contributors

0:18.4

to emissions that imperil the planet.

0:21.6

In a conversation at the Ted Countdown Summit, 2023, Morton Boe, Christensen, and SVP at

0:27.3

Merisk sits down with Ted's head of partnerships and impact Lindsey Levin to share how the

0:32.6

industry is taking on the challenge to shift away from fossil fuels and in a hurry after a break.

0:41.8

Hi, I'm Francis Roy and I'm Ann Morris.

0:44.5

We're the host of a new podcast from Ted called Fixable.

0:47.6

We've helped leaders at some of the world's most influential companies solve hard problems

0:51.2

and accelerate change.

0:52.6

In Fixable, we're taking calls from you and having unfiltered conversations about how to

0:57.7

quickly solve problems at work.

1:00.0

In our next episode, we'll talk about how to deal with toxic employees.

1:03.9

On a scale of zero to 10, on how good we do, we're conflict, I'd say we're somewhere

1:09.8

on a three or four.

1:12.0

Check out Fixable, wherever you listen to the podcast.

1:16.6

Welcome, we're excited to have you here and one of the things we're very keen to do with

1:20.9

Countdown is to follow up on stuff and find out how our promises fare and I know that

1:26.5

Merisk, I believe it's correct to say that your greenhouse gas emissions as a global business

1:32.4

are greater than that of Denmark where you're based.

1:34.4

So you're a big part of the challenge, so tell us how's it going?

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