More than 50,000 commercial shipping vessels travel through the high seas today, carrying clothing, building materials, appliances, and countless other goods from one part of the world to another. Together these ships produce huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions each year. 

Along with the large number of ships comes a huge opportunity to reduce their climate impact. Simply slowing the speed of the vessels can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and energy demand. Technology fixes, such as reshaping the stern, making the hull out of slipperier materials, and cleaning propellers, can boost efficiency even more. All together, deploying known energy-saving measures can cut ship fuel consumption in half.

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• Efficient Ocean Shipping (Project Drawdown)

• International Shipping (International Energy Agency, IEA)

• Environmental Effects of Shipping (Wikipedia)

• Acting to cut emissions from ships (International Maritime Organization)

• If you or your company purchase goods from overseas, ask the carrier what they are doing to reduce the climate impact of shipping.

• When considering whether to buy something, consider not only its monetary cost to you, but also its cost to the planet in terms of greenhouse gas emissions created in the process of producing and shipping it.

• Buy locally, for your work and personal consumption.