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WWF The Circle: Will the IMO Tighten the Rules Around Carbon Emissions?

International shipping makes an outsized and growing contribution to the climate crisis. Ships also regularly kill whales and generate underwater noise that compromises the ability of whales and other marine life to forage and reproduce. By going more slowly, ships could slash their climate emissions and reduce both underwater noise and the risk of whale strikes—but as the Clean Shipping Coalition’s John Maggs explains, this shift won’t happen without ambitious regulation.

WWF The Circle: Will the IMO tighten the rules around carbon emissions?

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Impending Summit Must Slash Shipping’s Contribution to Climate Crisis

Ahead of a hectic two weeks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Clean Shipping Coalition is calling for action from governments on three key fronts to ensure the sector slashes its climate heating impacts.

March 27, 2025
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Maritime Executive: Op-Ed: Three GHG Meetings in London Can Transform Shipping
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Maritime Executive: Op-Ed: Three GHG Meetings in London Can Transform Shipping

Governments must use this crucial two-week window to slash shipping’s climate heating greenhouse gas emissions. This means securing agreement on a strong energy efficiency measure (the Carbon Intensity Indicator), enforceable and ambitious global fuel standards, and a greenhouse gas levy on all shipping emissions that will dramatically reduce the sector’s contribution to the climate crisis.

March 26, 2025
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Making Little Progress on Slashing Shipping Emissions, IMO Must Aim Higher To Remain Relevant In Tackling Climate Crisis

As a crucial International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting on reducing the shipping sector’s climate heating emissions closes with little progress made, the Clean Shipping Coalition expressed dismay at the lack of action and demanded greater ambition ahead of a looming April 2025 deadline.

February 21, 2025
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