Clean Arctic Alliance hails Nordic push for sustainable polar marine fuels

The Clean Arctic Alliance has welcomed the Nordic Council’s adoption of a resolution concerning polar fuels, which calls on Nordic governments to craft and implement a regulation that would mandate the application of cleaner, marine fuels that could cut black carbon emissions whilst operating in the Arctic region.

The Nordic Council had adopted the resolution, which called on the UN’s shipping body International Maritime Organization (IMO) specifically to create a regulation on sustainable polar fuels during a session held in Stockholm on October 30, according to the WWF Arctic Program.

Per the WWF Arctic Program, this resolution indicates a political will among Nordic nations to collaborate on ensuring that “the IMO implements guidelines that necessitate increased use of polar fuels for ships sailing in the Arctic waters of the Nordic countries.”

The organization has further stressed that, if adopted by the IMO, the regulation could “finally tackle one of the most long-standing issues in the international marine governance—the need to reduce black carbon emissions from shipping.”

As informed, the deadline for submission of concrete proposals for such a regulation is December 5th, 2025, with hopes