News / 'Trump's Paris pullout won't hold up transport sector's efforts to reduce emissions'

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Transport’s efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) will not be derailed by Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from 2015’s Paris climate agreement.

This was the response from industry bodies following yesterday’s announcement that the US would be pulling out of the bilateral agreement and seeking a “better deal”.

Director of shipping operations at Carbon War Room Maurice Meehan said all those involved in attempts to reduce emissions would be “rightly saddened”, but international shipping was in a “unique” position.

“Shipping ...