IMO renews commitment to sustainability - Maritime Journal

Posted - 25 Jun 2012 - Maritime Journal

Today the IMO publicly renewed its commitment to sustainable development in the maritime industry and gave feedback on its input to the Rio+20 conference held last week in Brazil.

The outcome of the Rio+20 conference last week builds on work started 40 years ago by the international shipping community, said Mr Koji Sekimizu, secretary general, IMO. “History will decide whether what we have done has great value or not.”
The main outcome of the Rio+20 conference was that a text called ‘The Future We Want’ was adopted . It covers the themes of energy, transport, green economy and looks to future implementation by way of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
To create these SDGs, the UN hopes to establish a “transparent intergovernmental process”, a process which will involve input from all stakeholders in the shipping industry.
As a first step towards creating the SDGs, The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will establish a working group and an initial report will be presented at its 68th session.

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