Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector

Climate change is an established and growing priority environmental issue. This paper investigates the importance of climate change in ports through a research-based survey on data collected from participants at the Greenport Congress in Valencia in 2018. The data for this paper were obtained from t...

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Authors: Azarkamand, Sahar, Balbaa, Alsnosy, Wooldridge, Chris, Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria|||0000-0003-4076-6898
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Publication Date:2020
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Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176941
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Keyword:Harbors--Environmental aspects
Climate change
Ports
Carbon footprint
CO2 emissions
Ports -- Aspectes ambientals
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
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spelling Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sectorAzarkamand, SaharBalbaa, AlsnosyWooldridge, ChrisDarbra Roman, Rosa Maria|||0000-0003-4076-6898Harbors--Environmental aspectsClimate changePortsCarbon footprintCO2 emissionsPorts -- Aspectes ambientalsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costesClimate change is an established and growing priority environmental issue. This paper investigates the importance of climate change in ports through a research-based survey on data collected from participants at the Greenport Congress in Valencia in 2018. The data for this paper were obtained from the responses of 55 port professionals and environmental specialists that replied to a questionnaire survey during the Congress. Questionnaires were analyzed to identify the opinions and experience of delegates. A collaborative approach involving the free exchange of knowledge and experience between port professionals, industry practitioners and academia is the model most likely to deliver practicable options to the mutual advantage of operators, local communities, regulatory authorities and the environment. Based on the results of this survey, Climate Change occupies the 6th position among top 10 environmental port priorities and Carbon Footprint the 8th position. This reflects the importance of these two issues in the whole set of environmental priorities. Data collection has been identified as the main challenge ports encounter to implement a carbon management program. The need for a common port-sector Carbon Footprint scheme, which would benefit individual port authorities and the port-sector as a whole, was highlighted by the participants.The authors would like to acknowledge the survey participants for their contribution to the Greenport Conference Workshop.Peer Reviewed20202020-09-0120202020-09-29journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/329472https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176941reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3294722026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
title Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
spellingShingle Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
Azarkamand, Sahar
Harbors--Environmental aspects
Climate change
Ports
Carbon footprint
CO2 emissions
Ports -- Aspectes ambientals
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
title_short Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
title_full Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
title_fullStr Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
title_full_unstemmed Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
title_sort Climate change: challenges and response options for the port sector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Azarkamand, Sahar
Balbaa, Alsnosy
Wooldridge, Chris
Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria|||0000-0003-4076-6898
author Azarkamand, Sahar
author_facet Azarkamand, Sahar
Balbaa, Alsnosy
Wooldridge, Chris
Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria|||0000-0003-4076-6898
author_role author
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Wooldridge, Chris
Darbra Roman, Rosa Maria|||0000-0003-4076-6898
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Harbors--Environmental aspects
Climate change
Ports
Carbon footprint
CO2 emissions
Ports -- Aspectes ambientals
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
topic Harbors--Environmental aspects
Climate change
Ports
Carbon footprint
CO2 emissions
Ports -- Aspectes ambientals
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Ports i costes
description Climate change is an established and growing priority environmental issue. This paper investigates the importance of climate change in ports through a research-based survey on data collected from participants at the Greenport Congress in Valencia in 2018. The data for this paper were obtained from the responses of 55 port professionals and environmental specialists that replied to a questionnaire survey during the Congress. Questionnaires were analyzed to identify the opinions and experience of delegates. A collaborative approach involving the free exchange of knowledge and experience between port professionals, industry practitioners and academia is the model most likely to deliver practicable options to the mutual advantage of operators, local communities, regulatory authorities and the environment. Based on the results of this survey, Climate Change occupies the 6th position among top 10 environmental port priorities and Carbon Footprint the 8th position. This reflects the importance of these two issues in the whole set of environmental priorities. Data collection has been identified as the main challenge ports encounter to implement a carbon management program. The need for a common port-sector Carbon Footprint scheme, which would benefit individual port authorities and the port-sector as a whole, was highlighted by the participants.
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