News / Anger at IMO 'betrayal' as it delays enforcing CO2 emission cuts for seven years

Delegates at last week's MEPC in London

01/11/2016

Environmental groups and European politicians have rounded on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) over its apparent failure to address shipping’s CO2 emissions.

While the UN body resolved to move ahead with more stringent sulphur oxide (SOx) emission regulations last week at the annual meeting of its Marine ...

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James
November 01, 2016 at 7:11 pm
Betrayed? My colleagues here in the Middle East liken the IMO’s behavior to the fable of the Turtle and Scorpion. I’m told the Turtle represents the world, the Scorpion shortsighted business. In the end the scorpion doesn’t fare very well. All politics is local – and GHG are on every local politician’s agenda. California http://actglobalgroup.com/index.php/insights/blog

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