{"id":1118,"date":"2023-09-28T07:08:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T07:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2023-10-07T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T08:28:54","slug":"the-world-maritime-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=1118","title":{"rendered":"THE WORLD MARITIME DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_20200819_122739.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1636\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS<br>SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD MARITIME DAY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New York :&nbsp; Shipping is a pillar of the world economy, a catalyst of development, and a vital link connecting goods, commodities, and communities across the world.<br>Today, the maritime sector transports over 80 per cent of global trade \u2013 and accounts for nearly three percent of global emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is why speeding up shipping\u2019s voyage to carbon neutrality is critical to our collective future.<br>The updated Greenhouse Gas Strategy agreed at the International Maritime Organization earlier this year provides a clear plan for achieving net-zero by 2050.<br>Now we need all-hands-on-deck to deliver on the policies and investments required to realize a just and equitable transition for the entire maritime sector.<br>On this World Maritime Day, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of a landmark treaty to prevent pollution from ships: the MARPOL Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the decades, MARPOL has made important contributions to protecting our planet and ocean by making shipping safer and cleaner.<br>Looking ahead, let us build on the legacy of this convention and together steer towards a more sustainable and prosperous future for this critical industry \u2013 and a safer future for humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONSSECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD MARITIME DAY New York :&nbsp; Shipping is a pillar of the world economy, a catalyst of development, and a vital link connecting goods, commodities, and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}