Climate talks fall short, groups still optimistic about clean shipping future: Pacific Environment
The closed-door talks, held during the 83rd session of the Marine
Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), ended in a stalemate late last night,
with key member states unable to compromise proposed carbon pricing mechanisms
and emissions targets. The difficulty reaching
consensus led to a very rare vote today on moving the measures forward, which
showed that a majority of member states did favor sending them to the next MEPC
meeting for adoption. “If maritime
shipping was a country, it would be the sixth-largest polluter and its
emissions are growing. “This is a significant moment where the
International Maritime Organization has delivered targets but failed to meet
its own ambition on delivering a just and equitable transition and properly
incentivizing sustainable long-term fuel and technology solutions.
“We remain committed to advocating for the needed
emissions reductions and revenues to address the harms that climate vulnerable
countries will increasingly face.”
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