Event: Shipping a Healthy Planet | NYCCW 2026
The maritime sector has no shortage of ideas and opportunities to address the overlapping challenges of decarbonisation, climate resilience, and ocean stewardship. Breaking the silos around each topic makes it easier for the entire sector to move the needle by expanding synergistic strategies.
During NYCCW 2026, SSI, the United Nations Foundation, and the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) hosted maritime professionals at Climate Week NYC to discuss these opportunities and synergies.
The key messages from the event were clear:
Progress is being made across the maritime sector to reduce negative environmental impacts, but several key enablers of action are still missing in finance, policy, and technology.
Major policy landmarks today, like the High Seas Treaty and IMO Net Zero Framework, send important signals to an industry that plans decades in advance.
Emerging technologies and fuels may individually resolve a piece of the challenge, but a combination of many can provide a stronger collective solution.
Integrating the maritime sector into broader ocean stewardship, coastal energy, and fuel production conversations is necessary to ensure lasting change.
The decisions we make today determine the legacy we will leave for the next generation of leaders, seafarers, and coastal communities.
