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 ...

Courtesy of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries The shipping industry accounts for approximately 3% of global carbon emissions. The IMO has decided to impose a carbon tax on ships worldwide to reduce ...

India voted in favour of a global carbon tax on shipping at a United Nations’ International Maritime Organisation (IMO) closing plenary on April 11 along with 62 other countries, including ...

“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 ...