Reducing risks of accidental pollution from cargo ships

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Agenda 21 recommends assessing the need for stricter international regulations to further reduce the risk of accidents and pollution from cargo ships, including bulk carriers.

1. Reducing risk of accident
2. Protecting marine environment from sea-based pollution
3. Monitoring marine pollution from ships

1. Responding rapidly to oil spills
2. Identifying oil and chemical spill control measures for emergencies in developing countries

1. Risk
2. Pollution
3. Accident

1. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
2. Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies
3. Preventing Pollution from Ships
4. How to prevent discharges of oil at sea
5. Preventing marine pollution
6. Review of statistical data on ship accidents
7. The Role of the International Maritime Organization in Preventing the Pollution of the World's Oceans from Ships and Shipping
8. Reducing Air Pollution from Ships