Shipping’s Watchdog Makes a Plan to Tackle CO2—Later
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Under pressure to decarbonize a global shipping industry that emits more CO2 each year than the U.K. and France combined, the world’s governments agreed a plan -- to make a plan.
The International Maritime Organization, the UN agency that regulates shipping, concluded six days of meetings on Thursday. Along with an official ‘work plan’ on how to come up with new decarbonization rules, regulations on cutting ships’ carbon intensity were adopted, as expected.