Support grows for global tax on shipping emissions to fund climate action
Shipping-reliant nations like Panama and Liberia have joined the EU, Japan and small islands in backing an emissions levy
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Shipping sector pushes to keep emissions-tax cash for itself
The industry and governments’ maritime ministries want a proposed levy on emissions spent on cleaning up shipping, not used for wider climate goals like loss and damage
Global tax on shipping emissions faces choppy waters despite growing support
A proposed levy gains new backers at IMO talks in London this week, but big emerging economies argue it will hit developing nations hard
Dozens of oil & industry lobbyists attended secretive shipping emissions talks
Oil and gas companies like Shell, BP and Equinor were represented at shipping climate talks
UN shipping body agrees voluntary measures to cut black carbon in the Arctic
At the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting, countries urged ship operators to switch to cleaner fuels in Arctic waters
UN shipping body considers zero emissions goal, defers decision to 2023
While the US, Japan and Panama backed setting a zero carbon shipping goal for 2050, emerging economies said rich countries needed to go first and provide finance
How the shipping industry can halve climate-warming black carbon in the Arctic
Switching to cleaner shipping fuel would prevent Arctic warming and deliver an easy win for the climate
Mauritius oil spill: questions mount over ship fuel safety
More than six months after the Wakashio spilled fuel oil into a pristine lagoon, Mauritians are still waiting for answers and compensation
UN shipping body approves Arctic heavy fuel oil ‘ban’, delayed for a decade
Campaigners describe ban as “meaningless”, as concessions to Russia allow most ships to continue using heavy fuel oil in the sensitive polar region until 2029
Anger as UN body approves deal that allows ship emissions to rise to 2030
A package of fuel efficiency measures agreed at the International Maritime Organization is expected to shave just 1% off shipping emissions this decade
Ships to get free pass on emissions until 2030, under compromise proposal
Ship efficiency measures backed by a broad coalition of 14 countries will fail to reduce emissions in line with industry and Paris climate goals, campaigners warn
Coronavirus: IMO postpones key meeting on reducing shipping emissions
The international shipping body has postponed five meetings due to take place at its London headquarters
Shipping could raise ambition of 2030 climate target, study shows
Research also shows that a Japanese proposal to cut CO2 by installing engine power limitation devices on ships would not deliver meaningful emissions reduction
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IMO under pressure to regulate new ship fuels over Arctic warming
New marine fuels introduced at the start of January could lead to an increase of the shipping sector’s climate impacts
UN shipping body drags heels on carbon-cutting measures
The International Maritime Organization has set a target to halve shipping’s climate impact by 2050, but some countries are resisting early action
Will the IMO deliver the climate deal of 2018?
As a key meeting kicks off in London, the hopes of climate hawks are pinned on the shipping industry finally setting course for reform after years in the doldrums
Shipping executive: ‘We have deliberately misled public on climate’
Industry veteran said lobbyists at UN shipping talks were ‘prostitutes employed by our racket to try and put one over on the general public’
UN shipping climate talks ‘captured’ by industry lobbyists
Business interests dominate at the International Maritime Organization, analysis shows, steering it towards weak greenhouse gas emissions rules
The tax-free shipping company that took control of a country’s UN mission
How the tiny, climate-threatened Marshall Islands came to be represented at UN shipping talks by a private company based in Virginia, 11,000km away
Pacific islanders: Shipping must comply with Paris climate goals
Representatives of four Pacific island nations join today at the IMO in London to ask the shipping industry to do its part to cut carbon emissions
Mayday, Mayday: UN’s shipping body needs a climate compass
Talks at the International Maritime Organization ended on Friday with a loose climate roadmap – here we explain what it means
UN to deliver climate plan for shipping in 2023
Envoys agree roadmap to tackle maritime sector’s rising share of global greenhouse gas emissions, but final plan won’t be ready for six years
Whiffs of sulphur: UN shipping talks face climate dilemma
Historic pact to cut sulphur emissions from shipping sector hailed by green groups, but slow progress suggests a climate deal is a long way off