Loud Calls For Global Shipping To Ditch Fossil Fuels And Meet Climate Goals

Loud Calls For Global Shipping To Ditch Fossil Fuels And Meet Climate Goals

Environmental activists in major US cities during global climate action week on 23 Sep 2019. World ... [+] leaders have convened virtually this year for UN meetings to avert the planet's "climate emergency."



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At UN Climate Week this week, calls have increased for shipping to urgently ditch fossil fuels to meet the planet's climate goals.

The global shipping industry remains weakly regulated and is significantly off course to meet climate targets that scientists and the rest of the world all agree are needed to avoid runaway climate change.

2 July 2020: Liberia registered oil supertanker, 'Madison Orca' unloading oil at port. The global ... [+] shipping industry have been called out for moving too slowly away from fossil fuels.