UN shipping summit criticised for ‘dangerous’ delay on emissions plan

International Maritime Organization lacks urgency needed to tackle climate crisis, say campaigners

A decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its member states not to revise its emissions reduction strategy until the spring of 2023 has been criticised as dangerous" by environmental campaigners.

At the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting, convened by the IMO, one of the first global green summits after Cop26, Kitack Lim, the UN body's secretary general, told delegates: The world is watching us." And on Tuesday, the meeting chair, Hideaki Saito, spoke of the urgency" of all sectors accelerating their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in light of the Glasgow climate pact earlier this month.