Green and Sustainable Maritime Shipping for Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation

• Amer Garatli ^[1] ; Fathi Al-Saleem ^[2] ; Monique Wheeler ^[1]
  1. [1] Georgetown University

     Georgetown University

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Saudi Aramco
• Localización: Journal of maritime research: JMR, ISSN 1697-4840, Vol. 19, Nº. 3, 2022, págs. 9-29
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Climate change implications have various domains of effects, each with a varying degree of significance and onset. The intensifying pattern of extreme weather temperatures, hurricanes, flooding, drought, and forest fires has arisen credible concerns to the field of Disaster Management. As impacts continue to increase in severity and frequency, the level of upkeep is becoming more challenging and increasingly overwhelming. All prescribed natural events have a track record of thousands of years which renders the basis for highlighted contrasts to be pattern-based in a comparative analysis. It has been scientifically debated that emissions of Green House Gases (GHGs) contribute negatively to increasing atmospheric temperatures which corresponds to a diverse range of climate-induced impacts. These impacts are consequential towards equilibriums of natural eco systems as well as livelihoods in urban developments.

    By this token, measures to reduce emissions and capture of atmospheric GHGs could drag accelerating rates of climate change which subsequently leads to mitigation of natural disasters. A common pitfall to green and sustainable shifts is the cancellation effect due to technological limitations or unacknowledged factors. These unintended gaps can be exploited by the concept of Lifecycle Assessment which constitute holistic evaluation of entire value chains to ensure credible net outcomes of contemplated solutions. Herewith, the value of this crossover research is mutually constructive to all fields by way of symbiosis. Wherein, decarbonizing maritime shipping lie at a unique interposition between prescribed domains in a relationship that is further validated by the reversal of concept known as balancing loop complex. Currently, the maritime sector is championed by the International Maritime Organization which is targeting to achieve absolute-zero emission point by having irreducible emissions neutralized via natural, industrial, and/or socioeconomic solutions. Challenges to this outlook are manifested in advancement of technology; regulatory enablement; accessibility of business drivers and incentives.

    To this end, sustainable financing as a growing incentive combines three success elements predominantly known as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG). As such, a successful achievement of this interwoven scope has direct and indirect feeds to the overarching climate strategy sat forth by the United Nations. This strategy is categorized in 17 clusters referred to as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)