b"16American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comGoing green: Leave nothing forSupply chain challenges in tomorrow which can be done today an inflationary environment: Thegreeningofthesupplychainisessentialiftheworldis to achieve the limit of 1.5-degree C, necessary to counter thethree things you can doimpacts of global warming. With time running short, can the supply chain go green? Inflation in the post-pandemic global economy poses unprecedented challenges to supply chain profession-By George Lauriat, AJOT als; heres how to innovate your way through them.TheHumanCondition.Over180tion(NASA)unambiguouslyspellsBy Dave Adams, Chief Customer Officer, Taulia, Special to the AJOTyears ago, future President of the Unitedout in the introduction to their online States Abraham Lincoln remarked in atrackingofglobalwarming,ThereAt the time of writing, inflation inmeasuresaroundtheworldwhose speech to the Illinois State Legislature,isunequivocalevidencethatEarththe US had reached 8.2% for the 12impacttheywereintendedtomiti-Leave nothing for tomorrow which canis warming at an unprecedented rate.months ending September 30, 2022.gate,thepandemicwasoneofthe be done today. While his words werentHuman activity is the principal cause.Tofindaprecedentforinflationatmost economically disruptive events intended as such, theyre prescient forthis level, youd have to go all the wayin modern history.addressingthechallengesofclimateW elCome to tHep arty : Cop27 back to the first Reagan administra- And few elements of the worlds change and global warming. WhentheCOP27washeldintion forty years ago. economyweremoreexposedtoits And in large measure that meansSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on NovemberWecantbecertainhowlongimpact than global supply chains. tackling theimmensetaskofdecar- 16-18, it was as the name implies thethisinflationaryperiodwilllastorAsglobaldemandforfinished bonizing the global supply chainand27th such gathering to address climatewhether the Federal Reserves effortsgoods abruptly shifted in 2020, it set building a Green Chain. How muchchange.TheCOPisanabbrevia- to control it will be successful, but weoff an unpredictable chain reaction of does the global supply chain contrib- tion for Conference of the Partiesdo have a relatively clear idea of theevents we are still grappling withnot utetoglobalwarming?Itdependswhich refers to the committee createdinterconnected set of causes behind it.the least of which has been countries on how we define the global supplyafter an international treaty is signedThe Russian invasion of Ukraineuneven exits from the acute phase of chain.Ifwetalkaboutaproductsthatundertakesthedutiesanddeci- in February and the sanctions it has ledthe pandemic. Supply chains that had entirelifecycle,thecontributionissionsassociatedwithimplementingto drove global energy prices throughbeen optimized for just-in-time manu-often said to be in the 80%-90% rangethe treaty. While COP is a genericthe roof, with Europe exposed as wefacturing and delivery tottered under to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissionsterm in international parlance, it hashead into winter. theweightofportdelays,shortagesa prime contributor to global warm- becomesynonymouswiththecom- This exacerbated the challengingin transport vehicles on land, sea, and ing. But the estimates are imprecise,mittee created after the signing of thesituation the world has faced thanksair, and pauses or reductions in com-as the global supply chain is a nebu- United Nations Framework Conven- totheCOVID-19pandemicthatponent manufacturing thanks to local lousentity.Simplystated,therearetion on Climate Change (UNFCCC)beganinearly2020.Fromunprec- or national lockdowns.few human activities more ubiquitousin1992.Subsequently,meetingsedented levels of fiscal support mea- Indeed,withtheglobalmanufac-than trade.were usually held annually to furthersures offered by governments to avoidturing center of China still facing spo-Andglobalwarmingisdirectlydiscussclimatechangedirectives.an employment catastrophe injectingradic regional lockdowns under a zero linkedtopeople.AstheNationalIn1995theKyotoProtocolswerehugeamountsofmoneyintokey(CHALLENGEScontinued on AeronauticsandSpaceAdministra- (GREENcontinued on page 22) globaleconomiestothelockdownpage 22)SOUTH JERSEY PORTSCARGO HANDLING YOUR WAY We're Operating Cleaner & Greener too!ADVANTAGES Great access to rail and electric cargo handling equipment allows us to serve ourcustomers in an efficient and sustainable way. World-Class PortsGreat Highway & Rail AccessCustomer FocusedDiversified Cargo Handling BULK | BREAKBULK | PROJECT CARGO SouthJerseyPorts.com"