On the occasion of the Marine Environment Protection meeting Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is underway in London, the Clean Arctic Alliance, the The aim of which is to induce governments to take initiatives to safeguard the ecosystem of the Arctic regions, urged the IMO Member States to approve the establishment of the two Areas of Emission Control Standards (ECAs) proposed by Canada and Norway in order to protect the Arctic from polluting emissions produced by the from sea freight. "The creation of control areas emissions in the Arctic - stressed Sian Prior, consultant of the Clean Arctic Alliance - will be an important precedent for the protection of our climate and oceans. The designation of ECA in Canadian Arctic waters and the Sea of Norway - added Prior - has the potential to broad positive change, especially if the sector of shipping respects this designation by switching to fuels at low sulphur or other non-fossil fuels plus clean."

"The proposal for an ECA in Canadian Arctic waters," he said. explained Prior - acknowledges that the designation will have the effect of to reduce air pollutant emissions from ships, improve air quality for populations will benefit both marine ecosystems and and potentially also contribute to the reduction of black carbon in the Arctic which has an effect on the climate-altering. ECA in the Norwegian Sea will reduce impacts on human health and will help to reduce the amount of nitrogen and sulphur along the Norwegian coast, including a reduction in 58% of particulate matter, such as carbon black, by 2030 compared to 2020. Both ECAs," Prior pointed out significantly reduce air pollution caused by ships in the Arctic'.