Chair of #INC Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso tells
@AOSISChair member countries he's optimistic the negotiations in Ottawa towards a plastics treaty could end with an agreed text
➡️https://t.co/u1yOkkWfIZ
#Cleanpacific
SPREP provided delegates at the Rapa Nui Leaders Summit @Easterisland with an update of ongoing work to negotiate a #PlasticsTreaty ➡️https://t.co/ko0HeXA1lf
#CleanerPacific
The #Pacific region is meeting this week in Koror, #Palau to discuss strategies and seek endorsement on the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) positions for INC-3, to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. 🔗https://t.co/9TiUcndAPb
IMO's @MTCCPacific supported trial of marine solar power systems on two ships to power electricity needs, especially when in port. This resulted in overall #GHG reduction of more than 50%. What actions are you taking to make shipping greener? Tell us, using #WorldMaritimeDay
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure” @DrZullah Head of @MTCCPacific on the importance of data collection in furthering green technologies in the shipping sector. #WorldMaritimeDay panel discussion on New Technologies for Greener Shipping. ⚓️
@IMOHQ@EUPasifika
Celebrating International Day for Women in Maritime are my two marama Mataqali from Nakalawaca, Tailevu. Theyd received a fiberglass boat& solar powered outboard engine from #MTCC-Pacific & @spc_cps. @IMOHQ@EUPasifika#PacificWomenLead@PacWima
Looking forward to the Panel discussion by these women leaders/change makers @ore_toua@FijiWima@PacWima in the Pacific region at the inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime🙏🏝⛵️💝
We all have a resposibility to be advocates for change to ensure a barrier-free working environment for #WIM; blessed to be part of @FijiWima Panel on #ID4WIM & providing the keynote address on behalf of @IMOHQ at @APEC_SEN @WISTAInt & WIMAAsia Exec Course on empowering #WIM🙏
Solar powered electric boat demo at #Nakalava village in #Fiji. The #EU supports local communities to green #MaritimeTransport through #MTCC.
Honored to cut the ribbon with Hon. Minister @SemiKoroilaves4. Thrilled by the boat ride!
Last Friday (10 Dec) #mtccpacific facilitated a virtual national workshop for @FijiWima on the "Role of Women in Promoting Maritime Energy Management". Healthy discussions centered around MARPOL Annex VI, energy efficiency technology, ship safety & local WIM capacity building.
Demo project"...like other energy and resource saving mechanisms will trickle on to other islands and inshore fishing communities around Fiji and the Pacific, to create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way to travel by sea"@spc_live
@DrZullah presenting at the "Maritime Technology Cooperation Centres (MTCCs) – Ready for the future" webinar. He, along with the other four MTCCs, share the successes & ways forward for the centres of excellence in their respective regions #mtccpacific#gmn@IMOHQ@EUPasifika
[HAPPENING NOW] Pacific Regional Heads of Maritime Transport meeting is underway. The meeting will focus on the key priorities of the #Pacific including #decarbonising maritime transport, safe domestic transport & the impact of COVID on our transport sector #GEMDiv#BluePacific
#livetweet: Head of MTCC-Pacific @DrZullah presenting on the “Regional Reflections: challenges & opportunities for innovation & deploying new solutions” at the IMO-UNEP Zero & Low-Emission #MaritimeInnovationForum (27-29 Sept)
Good presentations composed of IMO processes over the implementation of reducing GHG from ships as well as highlighting international responses and frameworks to climate change by the shipping sector, and, web-based information on climate mitigation in maritime transport.
#HappeningNow Republic of the Marshall Islands workshop on Capacity Development on the @IMOHQ with a focus on the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) and Intersessional Working Group Meetings on Greenhouse Gases.
Join us tomorrow as we discuss #lowcarbon development status/challenges and explore opportunities & best practices using examples spanning across islands to oceans to support PICs achieve their national and regional practical, policy & political aspirations e.g. #NDCs#PRM2021