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?
