Why taxing shipping emissions is not all plain sailing
Good progress is being made towards a deal on shipping emissions, despite the conflicting ambitions of the International Maritime Organisation and UN climate change agency
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Talks through the IMO make solid progress towards compromise following 15 years of discussions to tackle CO2 emissions from shipping.
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