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So what is the truth about shipping emissions?

The IMO has decided to cut 2008 levels of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by at least 50% by 2050 – but not all in the industry are convinced.

A recent comment piece in Splash 24/7, by First International chairman Paul Slater, questioned shipping’s role in climate change, calling the IMO’s proposed plan “fatuous, unrealistic and unnecessary”.

He wrote: “The CO2 issue has been grossly overstated…It has been shown that [shipping’s] CO2 is absorbed by seawater without ...

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