The European Commission welcomes today’s agreement at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), as a meaningful step towards achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global shipping by 2050.
Keyword: IMO GHG Strategy/ Net Zero
Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions
After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, setting mandatory fuel standards and introducing an industry-wide carbon pricing mechanism.
IMO Makes History with First Global Carbon Pricing Scheme for Shipping, Despite Mixed Reactions
In a landmark decision, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved the world’s first meaningful global carbon pricing scheme for the shipping industry, marking a significant step toward maritime decarbonization.
Q&A: Nations agree carbon-pricing system to steer shipping towards net-zero
Nations have agreed to introduce a worldwide carbon-pricing system for international shipping to drive the sector towards net-zero emissions by 2050.
UN shipping body approves global carbon pricing system
Member states of the International Maritime Organization have voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime carbon emissions, the UN shipping body announced Friday.
IMO progresses talks on greenhouse gas reduction from shipping
International efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shipping took a step forward as the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 18) concluded its latest round of discussions.
The global shipping industry is on a path to net zero
Mark Dickinson of the Nautilus International trade union responds to an editorial about the environmental harm caused by cruise ships.
Shipping industry looks for consensus on sustainable fuels ahead of net-zero goals
Global shippers convened in Montreal on Thursday to sort out which sustainable fuels their vessels should use — a key question given that boats built today will still be running in 2050.
Is contributing to a just and equitable transition that leaves no state behind an empty slogan?
The International Maritime Organization’s 2023 Revised Strategy for reduction of emissions from ships includes provisions which direct a just and equitable transition. Under the agreed timelines, IMO member states must secure agreement on both technical and economic elements in the basket of measures to reduce GHG emissions by April 2025.