Getting to Zero Coalition

As part of its work, the Getting to Zero Coalition has developed a number of insight briefs and reports that shed light on the challenges and opportunities rooted in shipping’s transition to zero emissions:

• Climate Action In Shipping Progress towards Shipping’s 2030 Breakthrough (Report; October 2023) [Español]
• Aligning with 1.5 degrees: Managing the risks and opportunities for shipping and the companies in its value chain (Insight Brief; December 2022)
• A climate-smart, sustainable and resilient maritime sector (Joint statement; November 2022)
• Maritime sector and green hydrogen leaders agree on ambitious targets and collaboration to reach zero-emission shipping by 2050 (Joint Statement; November 2022)
• Climate Action in Shipping – Progress towards Shipping’s 2030 Breakthrough (Report; September 2022)
• A Strategy for the Transition to Zero-Emission Shipping; [Español resumen]; [Português resumo] (Report; October 2021)
• Transition Perspective: The Role of the Energy Sector in Shipping’s Fuel Transition (Insight Brief; October 2021)
• Getting to 5%: An action plan for delivering zero-emission fuels in shipping (Insight Brief; October 2021)
• Five percent zero emission fuels by 2030 needed for Paris-aligned shipping decarbonization (Insight Brief; March 2021)
• The scale of investment needed to decarbonize international shipping (Insight Brief; January 2020)

• Annual Progress Report on Green Shipping Corridors 2023 (December 2023) [Español]
• Taking Action on Operational Efficiency (October 2023)
• NoGAPS: Nordic Green Ammonia Powered Ships (August 2023)
• Joint statement in support of book and claim chain of custody approaches to accelerate shipping decarbonisation (July 2023)
• Green shipping corridors in and out of Spain: Assessing route-based opportunities (June 2023)
• Fuelling the decarbonisation of iron ore shipping between Western Australia and East Asia with clean ammonia (May 2023)
• The shipping industry’s fuel choices on the path to net zero (April 2023)
• A Book and Claim Chain of Custody System for the early transition to Zero-emission Fuels in Shipping (March 2023)
• Shipping’s Energy Transition: Strategic Opportunities in South Africa (March 2023)
• Annual Progress Report on Green Shipping Corridors ( November 2022)
• Green Shipping Corridors: Opportunity Identification (Insight Brief; November 2022)
• Discussion paper, Green Corridors: Definitions and approaches (August 2022)

Fuels & Technologies Insight Briefing Series

• Alternative fuels: Retrofitting ship engines (May 2022)
• Engine and onboard systems (May 2022)
• New fuels: Total cost of operation (April 2022)
• Hydrogen as a cargo (April 2022)
• Beyond the colours: Life cycle analysis of marine fuel (April 2022)
• Future biofuels for shipping (March 2022)
• Methanol as a scalable zero emission fuel (March 2022)
• Ammonia as a shipping fuel (March 2022)

 

• Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects – fourth edition  (Report, May 2023)
• Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects – third edition  (Report; March 2022)
• Report on Climate Commitments by Signatories to the Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization (Report; December 2021)
• The Next Wave: Green Corridors (Report; November 2021)
• Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects – second edition (Report; March 2021)
• The First Wave – A blueprint for commercial-scale zero-emission shipping pilots (Report; November 2020)
• Mapping of Zero Emission Pilots and Demonstration Projects – first edition (Insight Brief; August 2020)
• Nordic Green Ammonia-Powered Ship (Report; June 2021)

• National and regional policy for international shipping decarbonisation (Insight brief; February 2024)
• Unravelling IMO policy measures towards a just and equitable energy transition (Insight brief; January 2024)
• The implications of the IMO Revised GHG Strategy for shipping  (Insight Brief; November 2023) [Español]
• National and regional policy for green shipping corridors (Insight Brief; September 2023) [Español]
• MEPC 80 Statement (July 2023)
• Shipping’s urgent need for Paris-aligned regulation (Insight Brief; December 2022)
• Decarbonizing shipping while ensuring an equitable transition; [Español]; [Português] (Insight Brief; October 2022)
• How EU Contracts for Difference can support zero-emission fuels (Insight Brief; May 2022)
• How the EU can catalyze the global transition to zero-emission shipping and the green hydrogen economy (Insight Brief; March 2022)
• Closing the Gap: An Overview of the Policy Options to Close the Competitiveness Gap and Enable an Equitable Zero-Emission Fuel Transition in Shipping (Report; January 2022)
• Policy Options for Closing the Competitiveness Gap Between Fossil and Zero-Emission Fuels in Shipping; [Español]; [Português] (Insight Brief, November 2021)
• Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization (November 2021)

• Colombia’s Hydrogen Potential & Opportunities for Shipping; [Español] (Insight Brief; September 2023)
• Global Maritime Decarbonisation: New Opportunities for Latin America; [Español]; [Português] (Insight Brief; May 2023)
• Shipping’s Energy Transition: Strategic Opportunities in Indonesia; [Bahasa Indonesia] (Report; August 2022)
• Shipping’s Energy Transition: Strategic Opportunities in Mexico; [Español] (Report; July 2022)
• Shipping’s Energy Transition: Strategic Opportunities in South Africa (Report; June 2022)
• Green Corridors – The Spanish Opportunity (Report; March 2022)
• Indonesia: fuelling the future of shipping; [Bahasa Indonesia] (Report; November 2021)
• Mexico: fuelling the future of shipping; [Español] (Report; September 2021)
• South Africa: fuelling the future of shipping (Report; June 2021)
• Potential of Zero-Carbon Bunker Fuels in Developing Countries (World Bank Report, April 2021)
• Electrofuels for shipping: How synthetic fuels from renewable electricity could unlock sustainable investment in countries like Chile (Environmental Defense Fund Report, 2019)
• Sailing on Solar: Could green ammonia decarbonise international shipping? (Environmental Defense Fund Report, 2019)