Quaderni IRCrES 16. Cap.5
The collaboration between port and city in low carbon transition: the case of Livorno
Barbara Bonciani
CNR-IRCrES, National Research Council of Italy – Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth, via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), Italy
corresponding author: barbara.bonciani@sp.unipi.it
Abstract
The importance of low carbon transition is particularly high in port-cities, especially in the Euro-Mediterranean area, where the characteristics of ports are linked to their location, which remains strongly rooted inside urban system. Maritime transport accounts for about more than 80% of global merchandise trade by volume, and it is responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions. The increasing awareness of the growing global air pollution issue and its impact on health resulted in the adoption of international, national and local measures to reduce ship emission into the atmosphere. This paper explores low carbon transition in shipping and port services, with a focus on the city-port collaboration in reducing urban pollution derived by port activities, of which the Livorno Blue Agreement is an example.
This paper is complementary to the video The role of port cities in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, presented by the author at Blue Planet Economy (BPE) European Maritime Forum 2021.
Keywords: shipping, low carbon transition, city-port collaboration, environment, governance.
How to Cite this Article
Bonciani, B. (2022). The collaboration between port and city in low carbon transition: the case of Livorno. In Vitali, G. & Zoppi, I.M. (eds). CNR case histories in the Blue Planet Economy (pp. 33-38). Quaderni IRCrES 16. Moncalieri, TO: CNR-IRCrES.