United States Department of Transportation
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Marine Transport: Documenting the Need for Value-Chain Collaborative Approaches To Achieve Decarbonization
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2023-09-30
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Abstract:The adoption of the Paris Agreement and its effective date of November 4, 2016, heralded a new era where, for the first time since global carbon goals existed, every country on Earth pledged to contribute to achieving those goals (United Nations, 2015; Savaresi, 2016). Meeting the global and U.S. commitments to the Paris Agreement, however, remains a daunting task. Contributions (emissions reductions) will be needed from every sector of the economy. Yet, too often, individual business’s efforts towards carbon reduction appear to be relatively siloed, wherein each organizational entity reduces emissions within the constraints of its reliance on an external system (suppliers, customers, lenders, and more) that may be entirely dependent on carbon-intensive operations. To address this problem, a full, value chain approach to decarbonizing an industry or sector is needed (Mol, 2015; Porter, 2001). However, bringing commercial competitors together to achieve a common goal (decarbonization) raises its own set of challenges (Lund-Thomsen & Lindgreen, 2014; Kaplisnky, 2010). This report examines the work of one value chain coalition that has emerged in the North American maritime shipping sector, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition (Blue Sky or BSMC).
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