Climate Action 2009-2010

Climate
change
insight
SPECIAL FEATURE 64
Lloyd’s Register has been an official participant at
the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP)
conferences since 1997’s COP 3 in Kyoto. This is directly
related to our mission of enhancing the safety of life
and property, at sea, on land and in the air – for the
benefit of the public and the environment.
To provide insight on the issues that industry and
governments will be discussing, we have been running a
series of podcasts in the weeks leading up to COP 15 and
during the conference we will have a regular conference
blog on our web site.
COMMENTS FROM OUR EXPERTS
Our series of six podcasts (www.lr.org/cop15podcasts)
features our leading climate change experts and here
are some of their comments.
Dr Anne-Marie Warris, our leading global climate
change expert, who is also heading up the Lloyd’s Register
delegation in Copenhagen, talked about the key issues
for the marine sector: “A lot of companies are doing quite
substantial work in reducing CO 2
emissions. It’s being
driven by energy efficiency, and stakeholder demands
to demonstrate that they’re environmentally friendly,
as well as the drive to transparently communicate their
carbon footprint.”
Anton van Himbergen, principal consultant in our
Transportation business: “Rail will be a part of the
discussions because it’s one of the greenest modes of
transportation. There is a need for discussions about
two topics. One, the development and improvement of
greener technologies but also we need to talk about
political changes to force the transport market in a
green, sustainable direction.”
Sean Cuthbert, senior consultant in our Energy
business: “Players in the energy sector are holding back
investment in new technologies, in improving their supply
chains, simply because they don’t know what is going to
happen with regards to regulation. By bringing all the key
countries together around the table, agreeing on a definite
direction, a definite time line within the energy sector,
they’re going to feel more comfortable with starting to
make the significant investments in infrastructure that
are needed to achieve the goals of 2050.”
Madlen King, Global Climate Change Manager for our
Management Systems business, LRQA: “One thing global
organisations are most concerned about, with regard to
the Copenhagen negotiations, is the potential extension
to our present situation which is one of uncertainty.
The negotiations have the potential to make dramatic
changes to global commitments on climate change but
also to the global carbon markets.”
LLOYD’S REGISTER COPENHAGEN BLOG
From the start of COP15 a regular blog (www.lr.org/
cop15blog), featuring insight and expertise from COP 15
delegates, will be run on our web site. It will cover some
of the key open meetings, with attendees offering realtime
insight throughout the conference. The debate on
the inclusion of the shipping sector into a global deal,
the status of adaptation and the future of the Kyoto
Protocol’s mechanisms and schemes are among the
topics that will be addressed.
Organisation
Lloyd’s Register provides independent
assurance to companies operating
high risk capital-intensive assets in
energy and transportation to enhance
the safety of life, property and the environment,
so helping our clients ensure safe, responsible and
sustainable supply chains.
Dr Anne-Marie Warris is the chairperson for the
ISO 14001 Technical Committee, chairperson for
the United Kingdom Emissions Trading Group (UK
ETG) and is also the author of the Voluntary Carbon
Standard (VCS) 2007.
Services are provided by members of the Lloyd’s
Register Group. The Group comprises charities and
non-charitable companies, with the latter supporting
the charities in their main goal. Lloyd’s Register,
Lloyd’s Register EMEA and Lloyd’s Register Asia are
exempt charities under the UK Charities Act 1993.
Enquiries
Email: climate-change@lr.org
Website: www.lr.org
VISIT: WWW.CLIMATEACTIONPROGRAMME.ORG