Project description
Waterborne transport sector commitment to climate change mitigation
Waterborne transport represents one of the biggest industries as well as one of the major polluters of the environment. The successful transition of the sector to clean waterborne transport is essential to reduce the impacts of climate change. The EU-funded STEERER project will advance and perform a communication strategy to raise awareness among both the waterborne transport industry and the citizens while engaging the sector to moderate climate change. The project will centre on a vast transition of both the existing fleet and the future generation of ships towards zero-emission by 2050 while taking into consideration the necessity of preparation of shipowners and operators for such a transition.
Objective
STEERER will coordinate the establishment and communication of a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and an Implementation Plan towards zero-emission waterborne transport, in cooperation with all key stakeholders needed to facilitate the transformation to clean waterborne transport (the STEERER project will provide input to the Waterborne TP regarding the development and update of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the Candidate Co-Programmed Partnership on Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport in the framework of Horizon Europe). The project will develop and execute an effective communication strategy, to not only raise awareness to the key stakeholders of the waterborne transport sector as such, but by raising awareness of citizens regarding the strategic importance of the sector and the commitment of the sector to mitigate climate change and contribute to a healthy living environment. The consortium will function as a Secretariat, where the broader expertise is involved in the Scientific Committee and the Green Shipping Expert Group to be established by the project.
STEERER is geared towards reaching its expected impacts during the project lifetime. STEERER will focus on:
- Jointly setting emission targets towards 2050 (including targets for 2025 and 2030);
- Contributing to the update of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the Co-Programmed Partnership on Zero-Emission
Waterborne Transport (cPP ZEWT) in the framework of Horizon Europe, to be able to reach these targets in time;
- Developing an Implementation Plan to reach the targets in due course, while staying competitive and offering a valid business case;
- Developing and implementing a communication campaign, aimed at broader awareness of the waterborne transport sector and its
commitment towards zero-emission transport.
STEERER will focus on massive transition of both the existing fleet as well as the new-built fleet towards zero-emission performance in 2050, while respecting the need for sound business cases for ship-owners and operators. STEERER will concentrate on a selection of the most promising solutions per segment of the waterborne transport sector and tackle barriers to their further development and deployment of innovation.
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CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgium