Can we sail to Zero Carbon global trade?

<br/><br/>In 1950, world shipping was roughly half a million tonnes of cargo. As of 2019 it's now 11 billion tonnes. A mind blogging increase in 70 years.  Shipping  is one of the most resistant and slow sectors to clean up its climate act, with only a commitment to reduce emissions by 50% from the International Maritime Organisation at 2050.  So what can we do to green maritime trade? And has the answer been blowing in the wind all this time? <br/><br/>This week Ads and Andrew are joined by Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer to discuss his new book "Trade Winds: a voyage to a sustainable future of shipping".  We discuss how a couple of weeks of research at sea  turned into half a year due to COVID-19, How global shipping made capitalism even more extractive,  the realities of going back to sail powered shipping and  why the IMO might be more effective compared to other U.N institutions. <br/><br/>Links<br/>You can pick up Christiaan's book  Trade Winds: a voyage to a sustainable future of shipping" HERE<br/><br/> Read the International Maritime Organisations Carbon targets HERE<br/><br/>Learn more about the sail cargo organisations like Timbercoast HERE<br/><br/>Shout outs<br/>Alson Kelen and the  Waan Aelõñ in Majel (WAM) team.  Check out their great work HERE Support the show