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Some country delegations at IMO remain deeply complacent, or seemingly ignorant, about climate impacts.
There is little acknowledgement from them of the reality that allowing current CO2 output to continue, let alone rise , will slash GDP growth, trade, and human development.
Shipping industry: "There are no green fuels available!"
China: produces 380,000 tonnes of green methanol, and 700,000 tonnes of green ammonia in 2025.
globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1…
Shipping industry:
IMOclimate retweeted
CHART OF THE DAY: The cost of hiring an oil tanker on the industry’s benchmark trade (Middle East to the Far East) route has topped $1 million a day for the first time -- a year ago, it was less than $100,000 a day. h/t @alexlongley1
The same big oil producers opposed to adoption of the IMO Net Zero Framework, US, Saudi Arabia, Iran, are engaged in a war that's led to benchmark AG-Far East VLCC route reaching $800,000 PER DAY, highest in history
Saying they care about shipping costs in halls of IMO now is🤣
IMOclimate retweeted
Report: On Ever Thinner Ice: Reducing Black Carbon Demands Urgent Action cleanarctic.org/2026/09/09/r… @pacenvironment @IMOHQ @CleanArctic
A strong El Niño [on top of climate change] Could Disrupt Global Shipping routes
barrons.com/articles/how-el-…
Trump's proposal to charge 20% of the value of all cargo going through Hormuz would impose costs on shipping *multiple times higher* than the IMO Net Zero Framework the US claimed to oppose on cost grounds.
Hope delegates at IMO are noticing US claims to care about the cost of trade are, apparently, fake
cnbc.com/2026/07/14/shipping…
"Cruise ship fumes spread viruses", finds a University of Southampton study 🤮🤯
Its the same HFO being burned on cargo ships, so would all seafarers be potentially exposed to the same effect?
"..an increase in signs of an inflammatory response and a decrease in antiviral gene expression"
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75y…
The same Greek Shipping magnates who raked in almost $4 BILLION transporting Russian oil - so clearly not short of cash - are lobbying governments to maintain their right to pollute our atmosphere for free.
ft.com/content/d8518934-3618…?
Wouldn't it be nice if shipping *Billionaires* were as eager to stump up cash to pay for their vast CO2 emissions, as they are to pay toll charges to Iran
ft.com/content/c8f57429-d099…?
IMOclimate retweeted
Around the world, local actions shape a global movement for nature. 🌍
On #BiodiversityDay, IMO joins the @UN
family to protect marine life. Through our many IMO instruments, we play our part in safeguarding the oceans Every action counts! 📷
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US claims to care deeply about the potential cost of trade impacts of climate measures are being met with more than a chuckle by some delegates, after it started a war of choice that has made bunker fuel prices double, and worsened global food security.
Behind brash US rhetoric against the IMO Net Zero Framework, there's a complex mix of interests
The v. powerful American biofuels lobby has written to Sec. Rubio, sounding quite supportive of carbon pricing at IMO!
(as long as it incentivizes biofuels 😀)
biofuelsformaritime.org/news…
Global shipping is highly vulnerable to oil shocks.
Delegates at @IMOHQ can do nothing and continue to see oil & gas price spikes damage their economies, or they can start the hard but necessary work of getting ships off fossil fuels altogether.
forbes.com/sites/edfenergyex…
IMOclimate retweeted
Intersessional Working Group on GHG Reduction from Ships meets 20–24 April ahead of #MEPC84 tinyurl.com/4v3xm3tr.
Looking to develop life-cycle assessment framework & implementation guidelines for proposed IMO Net‑Zero Framework & prepare terms of reference for 5th GHG Study.
IMOclimate retweeted
Applications open: technical assistance for passenger ship #decarbonization feasibility studies.
Don't miss the chance to gain expert support for your national maritime transition.
👉 Find out how to apply: tinyurl.com/mr385f3r
#GreenVoyage2050
Oil-fueled wars driving up the price of bunker fuel 2X are massively strengthening the case for cost-saving green tech like wind-assisted propulsion, and for adopting policies at IMO to speed up this upgrade.
splash247.com/seven-reasons-…
Fair play to @IMOHQ chief @ArsenioDoming11 - a voice of calm and reason during US-Iran war and Hormuz crisis.
This moment may ironically prove to the US how essential multilateralism is, after the US has done so much to undermine it at IMO recently.
news.sky.com/video/imo-chief…
