Global shipping in ‘historic’ climate deal
The global shipping industry has for the first time agreed to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases. The move comes after...
Marshall Islands ‘entire future’ on the line at international shipping negotiations
Time is running out for world leaders to reach a consensus on a strategy for achieving dramatic reductions in emissions...
Shipping must play its part in global effort to halt climate change – NZ Government Statement
New Zealand today released a statement at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Greenhouse Gas reduction strategy negotiations in London, urging...
Shipping industry decision on carbon emissions looms
Members of the International Maritime Organisation are divided on proposed targets to cut the sector's greenhouse gas emissions. The IMO will...
Is a dangerous complacency taking hold in shipping over climate goals?
Laurence Tubiana | European Climate Foundation Climate, economic stability and the Paris Agreement are all at stake in London shipping talks...
Unchecked corporate and national interests said to be threatening IMO governance
As global decarbonisation talks begin in London this week, the UN maritime agency is under renewed criticism of having sub-par...
GOVERNANCE AT THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION: THE CASE FOR REFORM
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a United Nations’ specialised agency, creates “a regulatory framework for the shipping industry that is...
Your Biggest Carbon Sin May Be Air Travel
For many people reading this, air travel is their most serious environmental sin. One round-trip flight from New York to...
The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics
This is a notable disconnect between what universities preach and what their culture incentivizes and their star professors do. Academics...
Shipping faces demands to cut CO2
A battle is under way to force the global shipping industry to play its part in tackling climate change. A...
New OECD report suggests Pacific calls for decarbonising shipping by 2050 is achievable
“The OECD report, closely followed by the call of the European Shippers Association for a target of decarbonisation by 2035,...
Will the IMO deliver the climate deal of 2018?
It could be the climate agreement of the year. In the coming two weeks 173 states at the International Maritime Organisation...