The International Maritime Organization, the obscure United Nations group that oversees the global shipping industry, agreed on Friday to slash its greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades in an attempt to limit future global warming.
LONDON — The International Maritime Organization, the obscure United Nations group that oversees the global shipping industry, agreed Friday to slash its greenhouse gas emissions in coming decades in an attempt to limit future global warming.The landmark deal — for a slow-moving, polluting industry that has traditionally been resistant to change — includes a standout pledge to reduce its emissions to net-zero “by or about 2050.
These soft targets are below what the Biden administration and other “high ambition” nations were pushing for.But the new targets announced Friday signal how even the most resistant sectors are being pushed and pulled to help the planet hold future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — to stave off dramatic sea-level rise and other perils.
About 90 percent of the world’s trade travels by ship — a ceaseless movement of 60,000 vessels plying their routes, moving 11 billion tons of goods each year.
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