PM Bainimarama commends IMO strategy

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PM Voreqe Bainimarama in London. Picture: SUPPLIED

FIJIAN Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama met the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation, Kitack Lim, on the margins of the biennial IMO yesterday.

At the bilateral meeting, Mr Bainimarama acknowledged the two-pronged IMO strategy aimed at reducing the international shipping’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050, a strategy that Fiji fully supports.

This strategy, he said was crucial in their collective resolve to achieve the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement.

Mr Bainimarama also highlighted the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership, which is a multi-country initiative that requires half a billion dollars of financing to see the full decarbonisation of our national fleets by 2050.

He said while small domestic fleets were the prime target for emissions, the Government was also considering Fiji’s jetties and international ports, ship building and ship repairs to be part of this scheme.

Fiji is co-chairing a coalition of Pacific Member States with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a partnership aimed at reducing emissions through the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership.

Discussions at the meeting were also focused on the “talanoa” dialogue and the Pacific Maritime Technology Cooperation Centre.

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