Net zero ambition

Yusuke Suemune of Japan's Ports and Harbours Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has outlined in detail his government's plans to achieve carbon net zero by 2050 at all Japanese ports via its Carbon Neutral Ports (CNP) initiative backed by a CNP certification process. The certification process will evaluate each terminal's decarbonisation efforts. Critically this assessment will be on a "per-terminal" rather than a "per-port" basis. The certification will be multi-faceted, with each element geared toward achieving carbon neutrality.