At a pivotal IMO meeting, the world is set to decide how to cut shipping emissions

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However some nations are more on board with ambitious green shipping measures than others, explain University of Manchester's Simon Bullock, the University of Melbourne's Christiaan De Beukelaer, and UCL's Tristan Smith

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