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JULY 13, 2023

Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) earlier this month, adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) addresses environmental issues under IMO’s remit.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

The IMRB will be financed by shipping companies worldwide via a mandatory R&D contribution of US$2 per tonne of marine fuel purchased for consumption by shipping companies worldwide—which will generate about US$5 billion in core funding over a 10-year period. Illustration of how the contribution system would work.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

The ICCT has submitted the report to the IMO’s second GHG intercessional meeting ( ISWG-GHG-2 ), which meets next week in London to continue to develop the structure and to identify core elements of the draft initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships. —ICCT report. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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JULY 14, 2009

Veron of the Center for Marine Studies, University of Queensland. In addition to temperature-induced bleaching, coral reefs in many parts of the world are under stress from overfishing, destructive fishing, coastal pollution, and sedimentation.

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APRIL 23, 2016

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption. IMO said that the move sends a clear signal about its commitment to climate change mitigation.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The researchers determined the global warming potential, expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents (t e CO 2 ), for seven components of urban inventories: electricity, heating and industrial fuels, industrial processes, ground transportation, aviation, marine, and waste. London has the highest emissions for air transportation at 3.12

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