Governments received recommendations from the Maersk McKinney Miller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Conservation International, and the Panama Canal Authority.
The United States, which is currently chairing the Summit of the Americas process, brought together summit governments on March 1 in Panama, concurrent with the Our Ocean Conference, to share experiences and discuss strategies for promoting Green shipping and supporting coastal ecosystems.
Participants talked about carrying out the agreements made on “Our Sustainable Green Future” at the Ninth Summit on June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles.
The meeting was presided over by Maxine Burkett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Fisheries, and Polar Affairs, and Sue Biniaz, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change. Opening remarks were given by Rosilena Lindo Riggs, Panama’s undersecretary for energy, and Diana Laguna Caicedo, vice minister of the environment of Panama.
Governments received recommendations from the Maersk McKinney Miller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, Conservation International, and the Panama Canal Authority.
The Americas were urged to act to reduce green-house gas emissions from shipping in order to address the climate crisis. Among the top 10 largest emitters globally, if shipping were a “country,” it would be.
The nations of the Americas were urged to safeguard and rehabilitate blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass beds, and river grass beds, which can store up to five times as much carbon per unit of area as terrestrial forests while defending coastlines from the effects of climate change and promoting biodiversity.
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