DCU provides new round of training on Shipping Decarbonization for IMO Delegations
2025 will be a crucial year for international shipping – a sector that is a key enabler of trade, especially for island countries, such as Ireland. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations agency that regulates international shipping, is working on the adoption of new policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from this sector. Negotiations are at a crucial stage, as an agreement on these new measures among the 176 countries members of this organization is expected in 2025.
Dr Goran Dominioni from the School of Law and Government has organized and delivered a training for government representatives to the IMO from developing countries. The training aims to build capacity in developing countries to effectively participate in technical negotiations on shipping decarbonization, and therefore contribute to an inclusive and equitable energy transition of international shipping.
The training has a truly global reach. 70 diplomats and other government representatives form over 30 developing countries joined the first session of the training, held in January 2025. The training will continue on a weekly basis until March 2025.
The training is financed by the United Nations Foundation with expert support from the World Bank and the support from the Irish Delegation to the International Maritime Organization. The DCU team that delivered the training included Maisie McDavid — PhD researcher at the DCU School of Law and Government.