Viewpoint: Modernizing Ports Is a Major Untapped Opportunity for a Healthier Planet
By Jonathan Baines, Oliver Ashford, Sue Gander, Stephanie Ly, Micheline Khan and Katie Wood
If global shipping were a country, it would rank among the world’s top six emitters of climate-harming greenhouse gases (GHGs). Eighty percent of international trade — fundamental to the global economy and the goods we use in our everyday lives — travels by sea from port to port, generating 3% of global GHG emissions. Reducing these emissions is critically urgent to protecting our climate, oceans, economy and human health.
Source: World Resource Institute (link opens in a new window)
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