UN Shipping Agency Fails to Reduce Shipping Industry’s Climate Emissions

Press Release | June 18, 2021
Failure to reduce the shipping industry’s climate emissions marred the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) recently concluded meeting involving representatives of more than 60 countries. Pacific Environment and other civil society observers...

U.S. Commits To Absolute Zero-Emission Shipping By 2050

Press Release | April 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States announced today a new commitment to helping achieve an absolute zero-emission international shipping industry by 2050. The following is a statement by Madeline Rose, Pacific...

The U.S. Can Help Eliminate Fossil Fuels from the Shipping Industry by 2035, New Report

Press Release | April 14, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ocean Conservancy and Pacific Environment released a new report that provides a hopeful, achievable and most importantly a zero-emission vision for the U.S. shipping industry. If the...

UN shipping agency greenlights a decade of rising greenhouse gas emissions

Press Release | November 17, 2020
Governments have backtracked on their own commitments to urgently reduce climate-heating emissions from the shipping sector, at a key meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held virtually this week. The...