Shipping

Day 10 saw the red carpet rolled out for world leaders, as well as the launch of a new clean tech innovation initiative and an ambitious shipping emissions action plan

Ed King reflects on a bizarre week for the International Maritime Organisation, which saw tensions over climate policy once again laid bare

Carbon War Room's Maurice Meehan argues that slow progress on green shipping policy means operators need to step up with their own efficiency plans

Ed King suggests the shipping industry may be softening to the idea of a carbon tax

At the start of London International Shipping Alliance, Diane Gilpin of the Smart Green Shipping Alliance argues a new low carbon policy push would revive the UK's shipyards

Cash will fund trials of energy saving devices such as state-of-the-art propellers, on-board heat recovery systems and 'sails' to power ships with wind

Travel giant Carnival Corporation starts build on first of its 'next generation' cruise ships that will run on cleaner fuel to cut air pollution

Annual cruise ship rankings compiled by green NGO NABU show little improvement in emissions or cleaner fuel use across the global industry over the past year

The IMO's efforts to agree a bold climate strategy for the shipping industry is making slow progress, but, argues Ed King, a crunch meeting awaits this autumn

Nations gathered at the International Maritime Organisation in London have agreed a skeleton plan for the shipping industry's long-awaited draft decarbonisation strategy