News / Shipping decarb debate manoeuvring set to run and run

Debate at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) over its level of ambition for decarbonising shipping closed without conclusion – discussions continued for more than a day and a half of the five-day meeting, and the chairman invited member states to submit proposals for discussion at the next meeting.

Concluding discussions on increasing the level of industry ambition by moving to zero emissions by 2050, chairman Hideaki Saito reminded delegates that the IMO, as a UN body, was not working in isolation ...