🌿 Environment May 5, 2026 · Carbon Brief Staff

Q&A: How countries got the global ‘net-zero’ shipping deal ‘back on track’

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Q&A: How countries got the global ‘net-zero’ shipping deal ‘back on track’
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Nations are “back on track” to adopt a framework for curbing global shipping emissions, following the latest International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) meeting in London, UK.



The proposed “net-zero framework” had been expected to be approved by countries at the IMO towards the end of 2025.



Instead, the Trump administration was accused of “bully-boy” tactics as the US led a concerted effort to reject the framework, leading to its approval being delayed.



Since then, the US, other fossil-

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