COUNTRIES must turn their climate pledges into action at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which recently met for the 78th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 78).
Global shipping is not yet aligned with the Paris Agreement. The IMO’s current target of at least 50 per cent emission reduction by 2050 is regarded by some as insufficient to achieve the 1.5C degree climate warming trajectories.
‘How will the shipping industry respond to Code Red for humanity? More delay, special pleading, and low ambition will spell disaster for the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree temperature threshold and for the future of life on this planet. Next week’s meeting must be a turning point for IMO and the shipping industry,’ said Clean Shipping Coalition president John Maggs.
‘A revised IMO GHG Strategy must halve climate emissions before 2030 and be capable of decarbonising the sector completely by 2040. Carbon pricing and a fuel standard have important roles to play, but neither are a substitute for immediate action, which must start at this meeting.’
