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João ão Figueir ueira de Sousa sa Univer ersida sidade de Nova de lisboa sboa J.fsousa@fcsh.unl fsousa@fcsh.unl.pt .pt

Contents

1) Maritime Transport and Environmental Issues

2) Ports, Port Cities and Environmental Issues 4) Main Drivers in Terms of Environment 5) Revolution in the Energy Develoment 6) Recent Development of Shale Gas 7) Environmental Drive to Change the Paradigm 9) Impacts on ports and maritime transport

Specifics of port cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Specifics of port cities (port environment and maritime influence)

The OCDE Report about the Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities

The OCDE Report about the Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities

The OCDE Report about the Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities

Maritime Transport and Environmental Issues

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20

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United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) was held in Brazil between 20-22 June 2012. High-level conference was attended by heads of State and Heads of Government, apart from other representatives.

The Objectives of the Conference

• to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable

development;

• to assess the progress and implementation gaps in meeting

previous commitments and to develop an approach to address emerging challenges; The Conference covered two major topics: (a)“green economy” in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and; (b)institutional framework for sustainable development

The Objectives of the Conference

• IMO participated in the Rio +20 conference and discussed the contribution of international transport to

the three pillars of sustainable development,

• IMO also presented its vision of a framework for sustainable development of maritime activities:
• Maritime transport is the most efficient and cost-effective method of international transportation for the

majority of goods;

• It provides reliable mode, low-price for global transportation of goods, facilitating the commerce and

helping to create prosperity for the nations;

• Highlighted significant contribution already made by the transport and the IMO for sustainability and

various steps being taken in order to guarantee that maritime transport will continue to serve for the needs of growing global population, at the same time becoming more green and efficient

The Objectives of the Conference

• IMO participated in the Rio +

The concept and the Conference aim to provide a general vision of contribution of maritime transport system for environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. The theme was chosen in order to concentrate the efforts of IMO in 2013 on execution of commitments assumed at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20, hosted in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Maritime Day 2013 was held between 23-27 September.

Ports and Port Cities – Nodes of a Global Network

Specifics of Port Cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Specifics of Port Cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Specifics of Port Cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Specifics of Port Cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Specifics of Port Cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Specifics of Port Cities (port environment and maritime influence)

Port cities represent main nodes of a Network of Flows:

Physical (flow of ships and goods) Economic (commercial transactions) Service (insurance) Financial (banks, stock markets, financial operations) Information (concerning commercial transactions, transport chain,…)

Business Cities: World Trade and Maritime Transport

Drivers in Terms of Environment

Flow Management – Accessibility and Multimodality

Operational tional Dimensio ension/ (techn hnic ics, , managem ement, nt, organi aniza zatio tion): Great morphological transformations that ports have been going through in the last 50 years are not limited to port areas exclusively. Occupation of greater areas, construction of new port infrastructures, development of rail and road connections with the hinterland and construction of logistics terminals or second-line terminals resulted in significant changes in terms of territory, affecting functional performance and landscape, relationships between ports and surrounding areas. Major

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Enlargement of Ship Dimensions

Enlargement of Ship Dimensions

Enlargement of Ship Dimensions

Enlargement of Ship Dimensions

Cultural and Heritage Dimension

Despite the fact that these issues have always gained much attention, soft values have been assuming greater significance in the approach to port-city relation, being considered as a major value in the strategies of port-urban development.

Environmental and Landscape Dimension:

Associated to the new culture and the attitude of last generations which appreciate ecology and environment, and to the greater law enforcement and stricter legal standards at the national and international levels Climate Change – Impacts and means of adaptation

Logistics and Intermodality; Information Management; Energy (New Energy Sources and Low-Emission Shipping in the Baltic Sea region);

Revolution in the Energy Development

Revolution in the Energy Development

• Consumption continues to grow...
• Oil is loosing weight in the final energy consumption
• Recent Development of Shale Gas
• The Rise of Shale Gas
• Changes at the Global Energy Map

Revolution in the Energy Development

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Effec ects ts on

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Thank you for your attention

João Figueira de Sousa j.fsousa@fcsh.unl.pt