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A Faster Route To Greener Shipping

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By Aideé Saucedo Dávila, Climate Negotiator for Tonga, UNIMO: The recent UNOC sent a clear message to the international maritime transportation industry: The current target of halving its emissions by 2050 is insufficient.

The International Maritime Organization, the specialized UN agency that regulates maritime transport, must play a key role in reducing shipping-related emissions and improving the industry’s energy efficiency. The IMO is currently revising its 2018 climate strategy, which aims to reduce shipping emissions by at least 50% by mid-century. Encouragingly, a growing number of IMO member states favor aligning the sector with the 2050 zero-emissions target set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The US, the United Kingdom, and 12 other countries raised this issue at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, bringing more global attention to shipping than ever before – at least as far as UN climate summits go.

A Faster Route To Greener Shipping

A Faster Route To Greener Shipping

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