'Bitter-sweet' MEPC 83 follows COP 29, narrowing scope of climate commitments
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 83 meeting, meant to establish robust mid-term decarbonisation measures, ...
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By Alex Lennane
Shipping looks set to be added to the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETC), following a vote yesterday in the European Parliament.
Shipping had been excluded, but now a new vote will be taken in September, which if passed, will see it enter the ETC in January. The vote came as MSC joined Ryanair and eight coal-fired power stations on a list of the top 10 carbon emitters, although MSC claimed the calculations were wrong. Containernews.com reports.
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