How the Red Sea Crisis could scupper shipping industry climate targets

Stuart Stone
clock • 5 min read
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Recent analysis finds more than 4,000-mile detour to avoid Red Sea attacks could dramatically increase global shipping industry's carbon emissions

A wave of CO2 emissions caused by diverting commercial shipping around the southern tip of Africa to avoid attacks by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea could jeopardise the industry's climate goals and damage...

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