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In summer 2023 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has revised its strategy and goals for emission reduction aiming to reach net-zero by 2050. A long-awaited ambition in the industry, but a framework with measures to reach that goal is still missing. Johannah Christensen, CEO of the Global Maritime Forum, explains what the players in the maritime industry can do to make this ambition a reality.

Struggling with acceptance just a decade ago, carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are now acknowledged by scientists, politicians and industry leaders worldwide as one of the building blocks for a climate-neutral future – it’s the only chance to reduce unavoidable emissions from hard-to-abate industry. In our new podcast episode Marco Ernst, Head of Sales & Project Management CCS at MAN Energy Solutions, further explains the significance of CCS in the quest for net zero.

Maritime shipping is responsible for 90 percent of global trade and a crucial link to supply networks. But it’s also a major contributor to climate change accounting for 3 percent of the world’s emissions each year. But that can change. Katharine Palmer, United Nations’ Climate Champion's Shipping Lead is driving collaboration and breakthrough projects in the industry to move to carbon-neutral fuels in the race to net-zero by 2050.

Decarbonizing society is impossible without decarbonizing heating and cooling, says Thomas Nowak, Secretary General of the European Heat Pump Association. He is convinced that the heat pump technology is becoming a keystone to decarbonize heating and cooling in our homes and our industries. In this podcast episode he explains why.

Green ammonia is among several synthetic fuels key to establishing a greener shipping industry in the near future. MAN Energy Solutions aims to have a two-stroke ammonia engine commercially available as early as 2024. In this episode, Brian Østergaard Sørensen, Head of R&D Two-Stroke Businesses at MAN Energy Solutions, gives deep insights into the engineering and development of the engine, the inherent challenges involved, and its great potential for driving the maritime energy transition.

Hydrogen, the most abundant element on earth, is being touted as the missing link to creating a zero-carbon economy, but that all depends on how it’s made and whether production and infrastructure can be scaled up to feed the world’s growing energy demand. We talked to Prof. Christopher Hebling, Director of Hydrogen Technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute ISE and one of the most sought after experts on hydrogen and integrated energy systems.

Many companies are heavily increasing their sustainability efforts in recent years. Is it just for image reasons or can sustainability even drive business and profitability? Who better to answer that question than Georg Kell, speaker of the VW sustainability council. Working more than 25 years for the United Nations and being founding Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Kell is a pioneer in business ethics and corporate social responsibility. In this episode he talks about sustainability becoming a long-term success factor for companies, the costs of carbon and how the shipping industry can become green until 2050.

As major companies like Amazon and Ikea push for carbon neutral supply chains, also shipping giants like A.P. Moller-Maersk need to urgently decarbonize their transportation. Recently the company announced the construction of eight climate-neutral 16,200 TEU container ships powered by green methanol. The ships have the potential to save the company around 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year. Ole Graa Jakobsen, Head of Fleet Technology at Maersk, explains how the company plans to decarbonize global supply chains.