Talks at the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) have produced an agreement for the global shipping sector to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero “by or around 2050”.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-will-the-new-global-shipping-deal-help-deliver-climate-goals/

Carbon Brief explains the key sticking points at the 2023 IMO talks in London and what nations ultimately agreed on emissions targets.

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STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

So much easier to avoid progress if you just slap on some random future date :)

we should have been net zero 20 years ago this is just stalling

AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Yeah this is too little, too late

linkshandig@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y

Just in time!

Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

They’ll have to start using a different year for all these targets soon, 2050 is actually getting kinda close

Nomecks@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y

It will take that long to cycle old ships out. Since container ships need fairly stable levels of power and dont really care about weight, they're perfect for electrification.