Submission 1: MARPOL: ISWG-GHG 18-2-6 – Proposed draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on revenue disbursement purposes to ensure a Just and Equitable Transition that leaves no country, and no seafarer, behind

Executive Summary

In support of document ISWG-GHG 18/2/5 (Austria et al.), the present document elaborates on rationale in support of Option 1 in paragraph 9, regulation X [Distribution of revenue] as set out in the annex to that document, and explains how revenue disbursement purposes, as set out in this Option, are required to achieve the goals and objectives of the 2023 IMO Strategy on GHG Emissions Reduction from Ships, including ensuring a just and equitable transition (JET) that leaves no Member State, and no seafarer, behind. These purposes are vitally necessary and must also be determined by their ability to ensure a JET which recognizes and addresses disproportionate negative impacts, as well as climate impacts, on the most climate vulnerable Member States, and that the maritime workforce, including seafarers, receives the support required so that the transition to phase out GHG emissions is truly global in nature.

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