News / MEPC 80: 2030 green target 'watered down' to become 'an indicative checkpoint'

Shipping associations are declaring victory following a deadlocked MEPC 80 outcome liable to shock few.

The 2030 target – watered down by China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Argentina to the point where it is being referred to instead as an “indicative checkpoint” – falls well short of the nearly 40% NGOs say is required to meet the Paris 1.5°C target of just 20%.

Nevertheless it was branded as “particularly ambitious,” by ICS deputy secretary general Simon Bennett, who added that it was a ...