As the UN's shipping body, the International Maritime Organization, meets to decide on a pivotal levy that will tax ships for using polluting fuels, host Graihagh Jackson and BBC Climate Reporter Esme ...

IMO shapes up to ship out. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is charting a new course with the approval of a ...

A new carbon pricing system adopted by the International Maritime Organization could reduce global shipping emissions ...

International Maritime Organization has approved a sweeping carbon pricing system that will penalize ships for greenhouse gas ...

The carbon levy on ship emissions will likely burden consumers in Kenya and Africa, despite the continent contributing the least to greenhouse gases.

Last week, the agency took a big step in the right direction with the introduction of the world’s first sector-wide carbon ...

Starting in 2028, shipping companies worldwide must either transition to less carbon-intensive fuels, or pay fines via a ...

“The deal is too little, too late to cut shipping emissions” Politico reported that a letter sent by the US to many of the embassies in attendance threatened retaliatory measures against countries ...

India and 62 other nations have agreed to a global carbon tax on commercial shipping, a sector responsible for 3% of global emissions and excluded from the Paris Agreement. Starting in 2028 ...

Emissions from shipping have increased over the last decade— to about 3% of the global total, according to the United Nations ...

In a startling move that has raised concerns about international economic fairness, shipping nations have collectively agreed to implement the world's first global carbon tax aimed at reducing ...

The new carbon tax is expected to generate $30-40 billion ... projecting only a 10% absolute emissions reduction in the shipping sector by 2030 — far below the IMO’s own targets established ...