LONDON: Countries must take decisive action at talks aimed at accelerating decarbonisation in the shipping industry, the United Nations' shipping agency chief said on Monday, as pressure for change builds. Shipping, which transports around 90 per cent of world trade and accounts for nearly 3 per cent of th
LONDON: Countries must take decisive action at talks aimed at accelerating decarbonisation in the shipping industry, the United Nations' shipping agency chief said on Monday, as pressure for change builds.
Delegates of the UN's shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization , are meeting in London this week for preliminary discussions ahead of next week's crucial session of the IMO's marine environment committee. The MEPC will finalise the draft 2023 strategy on reducing GHG emissions from ships and examine other measures including various proposals for a carbon levy.
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