UN Ocean Conference Shipping Event: Joining the dots between sustainable maritime logistics and planetary boundaries

Date/Time
Date(s) - 28/06/2022
10:00 am - 11:15 am

Location
Altice Arena in Parque das Nações

Categories

• Event

For further information, please contact:
Clean Arctic Alliance
Details & Registration

The Governments of Finland and Sweden, Seas at Risk, Ocean Care, Clean Shipping Coalition, Clean Arctic Alliance together with the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) and Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) invite You to a side event titled:

Joining the dots between sustainable maritime logistics and planetary boundaries

Tuesday 28 June, 10:00–11:15, Committee Room of the Conference venue (Altice Arena in Parque das Nações, Rossio dos Olivais, Lote 2.13.01A, 1990-231), Lisbon. Note that accreditation to the UN Ocean Conference is required to attend this event.

This event will be recorded and will be available on UN TV. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to receive a link to the recording.

Reducing emissions is only part of making maritime logistics fit well in circular economies. This event endeavors to join the dots between sustainable maritime logistics and planetary boundaries.

The event at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon will surface a range of concrete solutions on developments in carbon-neutral transport services, and sheds light on some of the gaps in current maritime transport policies.

Opening of the side event
Moderator, Eero Hokkanen, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Government of Finland

Keynote speech 1 (Governments)
HE Ms Matilda Ernkrans, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Government of Sweden, and Dr Juhani Damski, Permanent Secretary,

Ministry of the Environment, Government of Finland

Keynote speech 2 (Civil Society)
Dr Monica Verbeek, Executive Director, Seas at Risk

Panel introduction

• Dr Mikael Lind, RISE
• Dr Teemu Manderbacka, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Dr Lucy Gilliam, Seas At Risk

Panel Discussion

• Dr Risto E.J. Penttilä, CEO, Nordic West Office
• Dr Sian Prior, Lead Advisor, Clean Arctic Alliance
• Mr Gavin Allwright, Secretary General, International Windship Association
• Mr Claes Berglund, Director for Public Affairs & Sustainability, Stena AB
• Ms Päivi Koivisto, VP for Sustainability, Cargotec
• Moderated by Dr Lind and Dr Gilliam

Q&A
Moderated by Dr Lind and Dr Gilliam

Concluding remarks 1
Dr Jan Hoffmann, Head of Trade Logistics, UNCTAD

Concluding remarks 2
HE Mr Kitack Lim, Secretary-General, IMO