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MEPC 84/7/46: Comments on the report of the third meeting of GESAMP-LCA Working Group

MEPC 84-7-46 - Comments on the report of the third meeting of GESAMP-LCA Working Group

REDUCTION OF GHG EMISSIONS FROM SHIPS

This document comments on the report of the third meeting of GESAMP-LCA WG (MEPC 84/7/16) and invites the Committee to instruct GESAMP-LCA WG to conduct an initial classification of fuel feedstocks into high-, medium-, or low-ILUC-risk categories at the global level, and to submit a report to MEPC 85 for consideration.

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