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Urgent rules are needed to make shipping respect our blue planet

Delegates at the International Maritime Organization, MEPC77, are meeting on 22-27 November to discuss the plastic action plan to reduce the plastic footprint of ships.

November 22, 2021
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The gripping Solar Impulse flight, and the news that Airbus has patented a plane that can fly from Paris to Tokyo in under 3 hours, shows that the aviation industry remains one of the few industries that can ignite our imagination with new ideas.

August 19, 2015
Marshall Islands at IMO

Regrettably the IMO decided today that business as usual is more important than agreeing that international shipping must make its fair contribution to combatting climate change.

May 13, 2015
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A new CE Delft study has revealed that many recently constructed ships already meet the International Maritime Organisation’s design efficiency standard for 2020, indicating that there is significant room for tightening these standards when the IMO meets next week.

May 11, 2015
New ships 10% less fuel efficient than those built in 1990 – study

New ships built in 2013 were on average 10% less fuel-efficient than those built in 1990, according to a new study.

April 10, 2015
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The Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) is calling on shipping industry leaders to support a carbon emissions reduction target for their sector, as ship owners and stakeholders gather in Brussels for European Shipping Week.

March 6, 2015
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The coming months represent an opportunity for a dialogue between parties on why this wording should be included in the Paris Agreement at COP 21.

February 18, 2015
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In the final years of negotiations for the new climate agreement, it’s still not clear if it will include the fastest growing emissions sources — international aviation and shipping, also known as bunker fuels.

February 9, 2015
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The latest round of climate talks concluded in Lima last month with a sense that some of the basics have been agreed to set the foundations of a global agreement in Paris next year.

January 23, 2015