This webinar will focus on how the use of scrubbers – also known as EGCS (exhaust gas cleaning systems) – have turned global shipping’s air pollution problem into an ocean pollution problem, and why use of scrubbers may conflict with UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).
Presentations followed by Q&A.
Speakers:
- Sam Davin (opening remarks) – Senior Specialist, Marine Conservation & Shipping – WWF-Canada
- Aldo Chircop – Professor of Law, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Henn Ojaveer – ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Advisory Committee vice-chair
- Ida-Maja Hassellöv – Professor, Maritime Environmental Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden and ICES WGSHIP chair