On 4 February 2025, EMSA and the European Environment Agency (EEA) will jointly launch the second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER) at a high-level conference streamed live from EMSA’s Lisbon headquarters.

EMTER provides a fully up to date and comprehensive overview of the environmental impact of the maritime transport sector in the EU across a wide range of indicators. With fully updated facts and data, the report provides a factual analysis of the environmental pressures exerted by the maritime transport sector in areas like greenhouse gas emissions, air emissions, underwater noise, biodiversity, pollution, and marine litter.

EMTER also analyses current and future actions to reduce the maritime sector's impact on our environment, including in the context of new legislation on maritime decarbonisation supporting the European Green Deal.

The report will be launched by the Executive Directors of EMSA and the EEA, Maja Markovčić Kostelac and Leena Ylä-Mononen. The event will feature a keynote speech by Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism.

The launch will be streamed live on YouTube and will be accessible through EMSA’s website. Please kindly note that by accessing the link below to access the streamed event, you accept the terms and conditions of YouTube.

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Agenda (all times are UTC)

• 09:15-09:30 Welcome and opening remarks
• 09:30-09:45 Keynote speech
• 09:45-10:10 Video Contributions
• 10:10-10:20 Global Challenges and International Perspectives
• 10:20-11:00 Presentation of EMTER 2025
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
• 11:30-13:00 Roundtable 1 - Decarbonisation of maritime transport: challenges and solutions
• 13:00-14:30 Lunch
• 14:30-16:00 Roundtable 2 - Pollution and the Marine Ecosystems
• 16:00-17:00 Closing Remarks