A new climate deal for shipping: Three decades to zero

On 7 July 2023, after two weeks of intense negotiations, the member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) unanimously adopted the 2023 IMO Greenhouse Gas Strategy. This landmark agreement replaces the 2018 Initial Strategy and significantly strengthens shipping’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. Concretely, IMO member states agreed: to reach net-zero GHG emissions from …

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