IMO AND THE 2030 AGENDA

the contribution of the World Maritime Organization to sustainable development

Abstract

As a matter of relevant concern to the global society, the levels of marine pollution caused by the uncontrolled activity of mankind stimulated the United Nations (UN) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to develop various Conventions, Regulations and Treaties to control the use of marine resources and preserve the ecosystem, in view of the great importance of water for the survival of human beings. This article has as general objective to demonstrate the performance of IMO in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on the contribution to the SGD 14, developed by the UN. For that, we use the deductive approach method, through exploratory applied research, employing qualitative analysis with bibliographic and documentary surveys. This article is divided into two sections, in addition to the introduction and conclusion, addressing the goals and projections developed by the UN to protect the environment and the climate, describing and explaining the 2030 Agenda and its importance, it also presents the Development Goals Sustainable, with Objective 14 as the main focus of this section, later, the IMO and its relationship with SDG 14, emphasizing at first information about the Organization and its relationship with the Merchant Marine, respectively. The research result, as it is possible to verify in the sections of this article, demonstrates the actions of the entity responsible for the maritime bias, which seeks to minimize the impacts caused by industrialization through the global sustainability project, named Agenda 2030, through its International Conventions aligned with the environmental goals.