IMO plans tough rules to curb shipping emissions

Cargo containers at the Mombasa Port.

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The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has agreed to establish a legally binding framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships globally effective 2028 as several African nations join Pacific Island states withholding their support for a global shipping emissions agreement.

Uganda, Egypt, Liberia, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Ghana abstained during the final vote at the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) talks.