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EFFICIENCY AND The international scientific community has
A GLOBAL CHALLENGE

recognized that climate change is one of the main
threats to sustainable global development. The
2030 Agenda defines it as one of the greatest
INNOVATION challenges of our time and calls for the widest
possible international cooperation aimed at
accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse
gas emissions and addressing adaptation to the
adverse impacts of climate change. The main
causes of climate change are GHG emissions -
particularly CO , methane and particulate matter. One of the main
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Costa’s response sources of pollution is the burning of fossil fuels. Many climate
scientists agree that a 2°C rise is the maximum amount of global
to climate change warming the Earth can tolerate without devastating consequences.
Urgent action on climate change is required internationally, with the
Mitigation of Costa Cruises’ environmental powered by liquefied natural gas private sector called on to play a vital role.
impact is brought about both by (LNG), thereby playing a leading role Research and experimentation, together with technological
enhancing the performance of existing in matters of environmental protection development, have made cleaner energy sources more accessible.
ships and investing in responsible in the cruise industry. Almost all our Transport accounts for over a quarter of total pollutant emissions.
innovation, especially the use of low direct CO emissions arise from fleet For this reason the creation of a model of sustainable mobility is one
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carbon fuels. Costa and, indeed, operations and ship propulsion and of the main objectives in terms of tackling climate change. The global
Carnival Corporation as a whole are this explains why our energy efficiency commercial maritime sector is moving in this direction, developing
pioneering the introduction of ships measures are concentrated in this area. and adopting state-of-the-art technologies, especially in the field of
energy efficiency. According to a study prepared by EERA , cruise
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lines are leaders in the development of industry policies and best
practices that further positive environmental performance. This
record of advancing environmental stewardship is confirmed by
the industry association CLIA , which highlights cruise shipping’s
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investments in technological innovations designed to further protect
oceans and air.

2 Energy and Environmental Research Associates.
3 Environment Sustainability Report, 2016.