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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels.

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Sustainability & Transition

Sustainable Round Table

As I heard Paul Hawken note to a crowd of more than 20,000 in 2008: “If a history of this time is written, it will be a history of heroes collaborating, creating and overcoming great odds.” Now after COP28 the whole world officially agrees: our sustainability requires a transition to a global economy that has moved beyond fossil fuels.