The Shipping Industry Sets Sail Toward a Carbon-Free Future

The Shipping Industry Sets Sail Toward a Carbon-Free Future

Cargo-shipping regulators have struck a historic deal to set their dirty fuel-burning industry on a low-carbon course.

On Friday, the International Maritime Organization agreed for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping. The nonbinding deal marks a critical shift for the sector—which, until last week, was the only major industry without a comprehensive climate plan.

Cargo ships are the linchpin of our modern global economy, transporting roughly 90 percent of everything we buy. They also contribute significantly to planet-warming gases in the atmosphere. If the shipping industry was a country, its total annual emissions would rank in the top 10, between those of Japan and Germany.

Left unchecked, shipping-related emissions are on track to soar by as much as 250 percent by 2050 as global trade expands, the maritime body projects. Such a spike at sea would offset progress in carbon reduction made on land.

See https://www.wired.com/story/the-shipping-industry-sets-sail-toward-a-carbon-free-future

The Shipping Industry Sets Sail Toward a Carbon-Free Future | WIRED
Cargo-shipping regulators have struck a historic deal to set their dirty fuel-burning industry on a low-carbon course.


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