Policy and financingâ€'why is sea transport currently invisible in the search for a low carbon future for Pacific Island Countries?
| Autor: | John Kaitu’u, Peter Nuttall, Biman Chand Prasad, Alison Newell, Amelia Bola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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lcsh:QH1-199.5
Pacific Island Countries Ocean Engineering lcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution Aquatic Science Oceanography Agency (sociology) media_common.cataloged_instance Marine Science Renewable Energy European union lcsh:Science Water Science and Technology media_common Finance Global and Planetary Change Asian development bank business.industry Fossil fuel Sea transport Private sector financing Pacific Renewable energy Sea Transport lcsh:Q Small Island Developing States fossil fuel reduction business policy |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 1 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2296-7745 |
| Popis: | The role of financing and policy in research, development, trialling and introduction of renewable energy technologies in the Pacific maritime sector is considered. Key research and trials of renewable energy technologies for sea transport in the Pacific from the 1980s and the critical role played by agencies such as the United Nations in leveraging support from funders such as the Asian Development Bank and European Union are reviewed. The lack of current policy on potential renewable energy technology use in sea transport at national, regional and development agency levels is discussed with the Asian Development Bank used as a case study. The urgent need for such technology to be commercially trialled as a means of reducing the region’s dependency on fossil fuels given the importance of sea transport to socio-economic development in the Pacific is outlined in light of the proportion of fossil fuel currently used by the maritime sector. The paper concludes that review of current funding strategies and policies to include both sea transport and the potential for use of renewable energy technologies in the maritime sector in the Pacific is a priority and current reliance on the private sector acting alone needs review. |
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