MEPC environmental regulatory failures will put the heat under the IMO

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If ever the International Maritime Organization (IMO) needed regional regulation, it was at yesterday’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting.

The industry seemed to be making light of the climate crisis and metaphorically rowed back on emissions targets.

Rich pickings were served to those who argue that the maritime industry is incapable of regulating itself, and that the sector needs regional regulation to drive it on to meet its climate responsibilities.

Time and again delegates called for carbon intensity indicator (CII) targets to ...