AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPacific Shipping Decarbonisation: Transport ministers and senior officials from 10 Pacific countries are meeting in Majuro to launch the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership, aiming to formalise its charter and set up a council and office. A key focus is a proposed $300 million Green Climate Fund application to back a demonstration fleet of low-carbon vessels, plus shared National Action Plans for the International Maritime Organization. Marshall Islands Climate Finance: The partnership is framed as a way to turn a regional policy agenda into funded programs, with officials pointing to the Marshall Islands’ inter-island vessel Juren Ae as already cutting fuel use by more than 50% using sails, solar and design upgrades. Sanctions and Shipping Links: The U.S. Treasury expanded sanctions on Iran’s military oil network, including a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker (Flora), underscoring how Pacific shipping registries can get pulled into global enforcement. Radiation Justice Push: Radiation survivors’ advocates renewed calls to include the Northern Mariana Islands in a proposed expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, with implications for broader Pacific claims. Ocean Research Returns to Marshall Islands: National Geographic Pristine Seas researchers are sharing early results from a two-week expedition around Enewetak, studying reefs from shallow waters to the deep sea and returning findings to local communities.
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