News / COP28: 'Close the gap' between fossil and new fuels, demand shipping lines

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The CEOs of major European shipping lines have used COP28 to make a joint statement today, demanding more climate action from IMO.

The proposed measures, suggested by CMA CGM, Hapag-LLoyd, Maersk, MSC and Wallenius Wilhelmsen, include the imposition of well-to-wake, rather than tank-to-wake, emissions measurements as standard in regulation and communication ? ensuring that fossil majors could not greenwash fossil fuels by converting them into grey/brown hydrogen at equivalent or greater carbon cost.

“Our collective responsibility for a sustainable future and clean ...