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Shipping efficiency rules and speed limits will cut CO2 - now nations must act

John Maggs, Clean Shipping Coalition

11 November 2019 • 4 min read

Nations must avoid dangerous path of delay and take strong action on shipping CO2 this week, argues John Maggs of the Clean Shipping Coalition

Most of the world's governments will have delegations in London this week for the next round of talks at the UN's International Maritime Organisation. But there's little awareness that these climate negotiations...

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