Campaigners urge governments to walk away from current talks and set tougher targets

Governments from around the world meeting online to forge a new deal on greenhouse gas emissions from shipping have been urged to walk away from the talks, as green campaigners say the proposals on the table are too weak to lead to any meaningful regulation of the sector.

Civil society groups want the UN to lead a complete rethink of shipping regulation, charging that current plans fall far short of the goals of the Paris agreement.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

ITV instructs barrister to review facts around Phillip Schofield exit

Chief executive Carolyn McCall says there has been ‘a lot of inaccuracy’…

Tories ‘rooting for you to win’, Humza Yousaf tells Kate Forbes in SNP debate

Health secretary said Forbes had ‘given our opponents so much ammunition’ after…

Elon Musk hits back at Trump and says ex-president should ‘hang up his hat’

Tesla chief tweets that ex-president should ‘sail into the sunset’ after Trump…

Caroline Lucas is a symbol of a better politics | Letters

Ian Flintoff praises the Green MP, who is retiring at the next…