Is The UN Shipping Agency, The IMO, Still Fit For Purpose?

Is The UN Shipping Agency, The IMO, Still Fit For Purpose?

Nov 2019: International Maritime Organization (IMO)'s Secretary-General, Kitack Lim, who was ... [+] re-elected for a four year term beginning 2020.



International Maritime Organization

The embattled UN agency responsible for regulating global shipping was in the headlines again last week.  This time for facilitating an agreement that broke the Paris Agreement on Climate Change with emissions from shipping that actually increased rather than decreased by 2030.

19 Oct: Last week's protest by Ocean Rebellion outside the IMO, criticizing weak and ineffective IMO ... [+] regulation on climate change and maritime pollution



Ocean Rebellion

This comes as hundreds of thousands of seafarers put their lives at risk for the owners of large shipping companies, bypassing safety laws that the