'Extreme folly': IMO approves controversial shipping emissions regulation

Cecilia Keating
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'Extreme folly': IMO approves controversial shipping emissions regulation

Green groups warn new carbon regulation for the shipping sector will fail to cap industry emissions and thus undermine global climate goals

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has been accused of undermining global climate goals, after it formally approved shipping emissions regulations this afternoon that green groups have warned...

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