News / MEPC81: the risk of 'fuels that represent a cure worse than the disease'

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At next week’s International Maritime Organization’s MEPC81, the global shipping regulator is considering a proposal that would see a massive increase in shipping’s global CO2 emissions, for no reason.

In settling the particulars of the IMO Fuel GHG (GFS) standard, IMO member states are tasked with answering the well-to-tank (WtT) question: whether the CO2 emissions involved in fuel production should also be counted toward its carbon footprint.

Various IMO member states are agreed that GFS should incorporate a lifecycle assessment of new ...