News / Riding COP26 momentum, MEPC offers shipping a chance to make history

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Following the recent COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, the maritime sector this week has an early opportunity to show its level of ambition has changed during the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting.

The 77th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) MEPC, which began online today, will look to use the momentum created by COP26 to update the maritime industry’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas (GHG), from a 50% reduction by 2050 to zero, as proposed by the Marshall ...