Event programme
Shaping the Future of Shipping: Delivering a Net-Zero World
Held under the Patronage of United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure
Shaping the Future of Shipping @COP28:
Delivering a Net-Zero World
Sunday 10th December 2023
Museum of the Future, Dubai
08:00–09:00 Registration and Networking
09:00–09:15 Opening and Welcome Statements
Introduction by Conference Chair: David Shukman, Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment and Former Science Editor, BBC News, UK
Welcome on behalf of the International Maritime Community
Emanuele Grimaldi, Chairman, International Chamber of Shipping, Italy
Welcome on behalf of the Emirates Maritime Community
Capt. Abdulkareem AlMessabi, Chairman, Emirates Shipping Association, UAE
Signing Ceremony: Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
H.E. Hessa Al Malek, Executive Director, Maritime Sector, Federal Transportation Authority for Land and Maritime, UAE
Prof. Dr Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag, President, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, UAE
09:15–09:45 Opening Keynotes
Introduced by: Capt. Abdulkareem AlMessabi, Chairman, Emirates Shipping Association, UAE
H.E. Hessa Al Malek, Executive Director, Maritime Sector, Federal Transportation Authority for Land and Maritime, UAE
Melina Travlos, President, Union of Greek Shipowners and Chair, Neptune Shipping Lines, Greece
Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General Elect, International Maritime Organization (IMO), Panama
09:45-10:30 Global Context for 2050 – Energy Transition in an Uncertain World
2023 is on target to be the hottest year on record. Extreme weather events are increasing in severity and frequency, which will have a clear impact on trade and the operations of the maritime sector. The global energy transition is changing the traditional fuel and trade architecture. We are seeing a fragmentation of nation states, while at the same time shipping has a revised GHG strategy that sets an ambitious goal for the entire sector. As COP28 undertakes the global stocktake, countries are being required to deliver on the commitments made at Paris and increase ambition.
In this context of systemic change, this session will set out the challenges that the sector will face in the coming years and highlight the opportunities to increase ambition and deliver a sustainable and equitable transition.
- What impacts on climate will we see and what can we do to mitigate the impacts?
- How will increased ambition by nation states impact the maritime sector?
- What is the trajectory of the wider energy transition and how should the maritime sector engage in the transition?
Moderator: David Shukman , Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment and Former Science Editor, BBC News
Anders Hammer Strømman, Lead Author Transport 6th Assessment Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Norway
Francesco La Camera, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Jens Meier, CEO, Port of Hamburg Authority, Germany and President International Association of Ports and Harbors
Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Energy Transitions Commission, UK
10:30-11:00 Ministerial Dialogue
Policy is key to ensuring an equitable transition in line with the goal of the Paris Agreement and, for shipping specifically, in line with the revised IMO GHG Strategy. How do governments collaborate to bring together solutions and how can industry support nation states to increase the speed and scale of decarbonisation trajectories?
Moderated by Lord Adair Turner, Chair, Energy Transitions Commission, UK
Hon. Christos Stylianides, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Greece
Hon. Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, The Philippines
Hon. Marina Hadjimanolis, Shipping Deputy Minister to the President of the Republic of Cyprus
Hon. Ingilín D. Strøm, Minister of the Environment, Faroe Islands
11:00-11:30 Networking Break
11:30-12:15 Accelerating and Scaling Global Energy Transition
The International Energy Agency has stated that a combination of the growing momentum behind clean energy technologies and structural economic shifts around the world will have major implications for fossil fuels, with global demand for coal, oil and natural gas expected to peak this decade. This is the first time this has happened in their World Energy Outlook scenario, based on today’s policy settings. In this scenario, the share of fossil fuels in global energy supply, which has been stuck for decades at around 80%, declines to 73% by 2030, with global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions peaking by 2025.
- What does the maritime sector need to do to accelerate and scale the Global Energy Transition?
- How will the IMO’s revised GHG strategy support the worlds decarbonisation agenda and what are the challenges in creating deliverable regulations for the sector?
- What does industry really need to accelerate actions and scale the value chain for itself and the wider energy system?
Moderator: Professor Lynn Loo, CEO, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, Singapore
Bud Darr, EVP Maritime Policy and Government Affairs, MSC, Switzerland
Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General Elect, International Maritime Organization (IMO), Panama
Carl-Johan Hagman, CEO, NYK Europe and Chief Executive JSA Europe District Branch, Japan
Capt. Rajalingam Subramaniam, President and Group CEO, MISC, Malaysia
12:15-12:30 Fireside Chat – Collaboration is the Fuel of the Future
In conversation with David Shukman, Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment and Former Science Editor, BBC News
David Cassidy, CEO, Proman, Switzerland
Erik Hånell, CEO, Stena Bulk, Sweden
12:30-13:15 Short-term Steps to a Net-Zero Future
Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships, with enhanced targets to tackle harmful emissions. The revised strategy includes an enhanced common ambition to reach net-zero GHG emissions from international shipping by or around (i.e., close to), 2050, and a commitment to ensure an uptake of alternative zero and near-zero GHG fuels by 2030. This first checkpoint is only 7 years away.
- What should industry and policymakers do now to ensure the 2030 targets are achieved?
- Which initiatives are working and what needs to be accelerated?
- Which issues need to be addressed at this stage to ensure that all checkpoints are met to ensure an equitable and sustainable transition is delivered?
Moderator: Anders Østergaard, CEO, Monjasa, UAE
Nicholas Brown, CEO, Lloyds Register, UK
Line Dahle, Chief Customer Officer, GARD, Norway
Alicia Eastman, CEO, Intercontinental Energy, UK
Jesper Kristensen, Group Chief Operating Officer, Marine Services, DP World, UAE
Nikolaus H. Schuës, CEO, F. Laeisz and President, BIMCO, Germany
13:15-14:30 Lunch and Networking Break – Sponsored by Oldendorff Carriers
14:30-14:45 Refresh and Recharge
Jeremy Nixon, CEO, ONE, Singapore and Co-Chair, World Shipping Council
14:45-15:15 Fireside Chat – Delivering Net-Zero Fuels for the World
If the world is going to transition to new low- and zero-emission fuels from renewable sources, we need to build a transportation value chain to move the fuels from producers to users. Without the ability to transport the fuels, we will not have the supply to meet demand, and nations will not be able to meet their climate targets.
The Clean Energy Marine Hubs (CEM Hubs) initiative was a key recommendation of the last Shaping the Future of Shipping Summit in London. The initiative has now been launched under the Clean Energy Ministerial platform of energy ministers. The initiative is a first-of-its-kind partnership between the private sector and governments across the energy-maritime value chain – the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the International Association of Ports & Harbors (IAPH) and the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), led by governments of Brazil, Canada, Norway, Panama, Uruguay and the UAE. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) support the initiative.
- What’s next for the initiative?
In conversation with: Jean-Francois Gagné, Head, Clean Energy Ministerial Secretariat, France
Mariana de Assis Especie, Director of Energy Transition, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil
Ana María Pinto, Chief, Transport Division, Inter-American Development Bank, USA
Esben Poulsson, Immediate Past Chair, International Chamber of Shipping, Chair, Shaping the Future of Shipping Taskforce, Singapore
Capt. Rajalingam Subramaniam, President and Group CEO, MISC, Malaysia
Christopher J. Wiernicki, Chairman & CEO, ABS, USA
15:15-16:00 People are the Fuel of the Future
The world’s nearly 2 million seafarers are key to powering this industry through a successful transition to net zero. Seafarers will need adequate skills, education, and training, to operate new technology systems on board, and to manage new fuels, such as ammonia and hydrogen, which unless properly handled could represent a significant health and safety risk for seafarers, ships, the environment, and communities.
- What do industry and governments need to do to ensure we have a workforce to deliver the transition?
- How are the lessons of the Just Transition Taskforce being taken forward?
- Are seafarers the new competitive advantage?
Moderator: Gerardo Borromeo, CEO, PTC Group, The Philippines
Stephen Cotton, General Secretary, ITF, UK
Dimitris Fafalios, President/Director, Fafalios Shipping, Greece
Waddah Ghanem, Senior Director, Logistics and Marine Assurance, ENOC, UAE
Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Director of the ILO Priority Action Programme on Just Transitions Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies, Switzerland
Karin Orsel, CEO, MF Shipping, The Netherlands
16:00-16:30 Networking Break – Sponsored by Eagle Bulk
16:30-17:15 Building Blocks to a Net-Zero World
The Shaping the Future of Shipping Summit has highlighted many initiatives and actions. It is clear that shipping is an enabler of global energy transition and has to deliver a regulatory framework that will deliver a sustainable and equitable future for the industry. This session will seek to pull some of the strands together and identify next steps.
- What does the industry need?
- What policy signals are required?
- What do governments need?
- How can scale be achieved?
Moderator: Sturla Henriksen, Special Advisor, Oceans, UN Global Compact, Norway
Harry Conway, Chair, Marine Environment Protection Committee, IMO, Liberia
Andy Dacy, CEO, Global Transportation, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, UK
William Fairclough, Managing Director, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited, Hong-Kong SAR
Captain Rishi Nyati, Managing Director, Emarat Maritime, UAE
Vibeke Rasmussen, Senior VP Product Management and Certification, Yara Clean Ammonia, Norway
17:15-17:45 Outcomes and closing remarks
Moderated by David Shukman, Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment and Former Science Editor, BBC News
Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General Elect, International Maritime Organization (IMO), Panama
17:45 Close of Conference
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