Climate Change Focus of World Maritime Day
October 16, 2009
This is the U.S.'s year to showcase World Maritime Day in an event paralleling the International Maritime Organization's celebration at its London headquarters. World Maritime Day focuses attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security, and the marine environment. The theme this year is "Climate Change: A Challenge for IMO too!"
Here are some things you can do:
- >> Attend the special screening of the IMAX movie Mysteries of the Great Lakes.
- >> Be one of the first 125 people to respond and win 2 tickets in the Ticket Giveaway!
- >> Tour the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder, from noon - 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 16 at the USCG dock at 1201 Minnesota Ave, Duluth.
- Tune into live broadcasts of panel discussions from the New York Parallel Event.
- The topics are:
- >> Emerging technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- >> Best practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- >> Greenhouse gas regulatory schemes
- Listen to the address delivered by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr. Efthimios Mitropoulos of Greece.
MP3 Format
PDF Format- Read the International Maritime Organization's background paper on climate change and the maritime industry.
- Visit the International Maritime Organization's Web pages regarding climate change at:
- www.imo.org/InfoResource/mainframe.asp?topic_id=1679
- Learn how the Great Lakes maritime industry is addressing climate change
- >> Press Release
- >> Fact sheet (PDF)
Nancy Hoene
