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Nations agree to halve shipping emissions

Image: Tom Driggers, Imported!!, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Image: Tom Driggers, Imported!!, Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

173 countries have agreed to halve emissions from the global shipping industry by 2050, compared to 2008 levels, in a non-binding deal arranged by the International Maritime Organisation. Saudi Arabia, the US and several other countries raised objections to the proposed emissions cuts. Shipping was not covered by the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change.

Read the full story here. See also the Foodsource resource How important is transport?

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