Episode 4: SDGs Implementation in the Shipping Sector Amidst the Climate Crisis

This podcast features conversation between Dr Beatriz Martinez Romera, Head of the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance, University of Copenhagen and Dr Melanie Murcott, Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town about the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and governance in the shipping sector.
The following was discussed:
2:30 The role of the IMO and shipping sector in implementing the SDGs to respond to climate change
6:30 Whether the SDGs are central or peripheral to governance of the shipping sector, and whether the SDGs are intentionally influencing governance
10:17 SDGs that are particularly relevant to governance of the shipping sector in a time of climate change
12:30 The contribution of the shipping sector to climate change
13:50 The role of the SDGs in shaping policy reform for the shipping sector in a time of climate change
15:20 Whether the SDGs could begin to play a 'hard law' role in the governance of the shipping sector
16:58 The value of North-South dialogue in the implementation of the SDGs in a time of climate crisis