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Fully Loaded Cargo Ship on a Sea - Kelly, Pexels

As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 20) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) applauds IMO Member States for rising above last week’s rancour – when the IMO decided to hold off on adoption for one year – by pushing ahead with preparations for adoption of the Net Zero Framework.

October 24, 2025
Pexels/Robert So

As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge disappointment in the decision by member states to delay consideration of the adoption of the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework (NZF) for one year and called on member states to use the time to ensure the framework is strengthened and adopted next time round.

October 17, 2025
Shipping Pollution. Photo, davewalshphoto.com

As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) opens tomorrow in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition is calling on IMO member states to adopt the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework (NZF) – set to be the first globally binding set of policies to reduce shipping’s climate pollution.

October 13, 2025

Publications

ISWG-GHG 20-2-31 - Amplifying the policy signal for the production and uptake of e-fuels through the IMO Net-... (CSC)

This document highlights the lack of strong signals from the IMO Net-Zero Framework for e-fuels in shipping’s transition.

September 5, 2025
ISWG-GHG 20-3-7 - Re-establishment of the correspondence group on other social and economic sustainability a... (CSC)

This document encourages the re-establishment of the correspondence group looking at “other social and economic sustainability themes/aspects of marine fuels” for potential inclusion in the 2024 Guidelines on life cycle GHG intensity of marine fuels (2024 LCA Guidelines).

September 5, 2025
ISWG-GHG 20/3/8: Developing a quantitative risk-based approach to manage indirect land use change emissions under the IMO Net-Zero Framework

This document reviews the treatment of indirect land use change (ILUC) within the 2024 Guidelines on life cycle GHG intensity of marine fuels (2024 LCA Guidelines) (resolution MEPC.391(81)).

September 5, 2025