Advice to Council No: 23-02 JPAC Public Forum on the Role of Ports in Fighting Climate Change IN ACCORDANCE

These included the importance of: • Strategic collaboration and partnership across the value chain and between private and public sectors, to support the development and uptake of low and zero-emission fuels and infrastructure; • Recognizing the crucial role that governments play in decarbonizing ports by developing policies, laws and regulations, incentives and private-public funding mechanisms t. [...] The Public Forum highlighted several impressive initiatives being developed and implemented by a wide array of actors, to increase the sustainability of ports and maritime transportation activities, as well as the wellbeing and prosperity of the communities in which they operate (e.g., ecosystem restoration initiatives, the availability of shore power systems, the purchase of vessels that use low-. [...] Recommendation #3: North American Agreement on the Use of Low and Zero-Emission Fuels During the Public Forum, invited experts confirmed the availability and maturity of low and zero-emission fuels and technologies, to reduce the emissions from port operations and the maritime transportation sector. [...] To help reduce risk and increase the pace of the industry transition, the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States could provide a clear signal to the industry by signing a North American Agreement on the use of low and zero-emission fuels. [...] JPAC recommends that the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States sign a North American Agreement on the Use of Low and Zero-Emission Fuels, to support the ecological transition and the Parties’ global climate commitments.