Green shipping corridors must not strand island states

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Plans being drawn up to incentivise low-carbon shipping must be inclusive and equitable, warns Tuvalu government official Asela Peneueta

Tuvalu, along with other atoll nations, is amongst those most impacted by climate change and yet the least responsible for it, so we eagerly await action from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)...

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