Over 30 nations sign carbon emissions declaration

Thirty-four countries have signed a declaration which calls for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to adopt an emissions reduction strategy.

The ‘Tony De Brum declaration” was signed in Paris yesterday and calls for an initial strategy to be published next year and a revised strategy by 2023.

The declaration stated that the “strategy must not compromise the achievement of climate objectives by
creating distortions of competition; therefore its provisions should equally apply to all ships
regardless of their flag.”