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Shipping will “no longer be let off the hook for its massive impact on climate”, after members of the European Parliament, Council of Ministers and EC yesterday reached a deal that will see the sector subject to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) by January 2024.

The deal includes improvements to the EC’s original proposals, including methane and nitrous oxides as well as carbon emissions, and its scope broadened to include offshore vessels of 5,000 gt and over.

A joint EU, ...

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