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See media coverage in the Huffington Post, Climate Home, Economic Times (India), The Ecologist, SeaFarer TImes (Philippines), EE News and Shipping Watch.
This report is released ahead of a key IMO meeting on GHG Emissions from Ships in London commencing Oct 23rd.
This report reveals how the shipping industry has aggressively lobbied the UN to obstruct climate change action for shipping, ensuring it remains the only sector in the world not currently subject to any emission reduction measures.
Despite being responsible for close to 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping sector remains outside of the UN Paris Climate Agreement. A 2015 European Parliament report estimated that shipping could be responsible for 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 if left unregulated, potentially jeopardizing global ambitions set out under the Paris Agreement.