The global shipping industry agreed a plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time on Friday in a deal that had been hard pushed by small Pacific countries.
Posted on - 2018-04-16
The global shipping industry agreed a plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time on Friday in a deal that had been hard pushed by small Pacific countries.
Posted on - 2018-04-16The global shipping industry has for the first time agreed to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases. The move comes after talks all week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London.
Shipping has previously been excluded from climate agreements, but under the deal, emissions will be reduced by 50% by 2050 compared to 2008 levels. One minister from a Pacific island state described the agreement as "history in the making".
Posted on - 2018-04-16Time is running out for world leaders to reach a consensus on a strategy for achieving dramatic reductions in emissions produced by the global shipping industry.
Talks in London are scheduled to end late on Friday, UK time, but there's no guarantee of any deal while significant areas of disagreement between the members of the International Maritime Organisation remain.
As Yara Murray-Atfield reports, Marshall Islands is leading the charge for a zero emissions target, but the major economies are arguing that the financial implications of such a move are just too great.
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Posted on - 2018-04-13