The IPCC's land report shows shipping the potential of sustainable biofuels, but how to get there?

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The IPCC says biofuels can play a part in shipping's decarbonisation journey. But with aviation and other sectors circling around a finite resource, shipping needs to invest in exotic options, says Forum for the Future's Will Dawson

Cargo ships are famously slow to change course. And having worked with the shipping industry for many years on decarbonisation, I think that's rather metaphoric. So after the UN-backed International Maritime...

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