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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

The Clean Shipping Act would direct the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set increasingly stringent carbon intensity standards for shipping fuel by 2040, in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Encouragingly, governments are also demonstrating a willingness to work together.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

The final agreement requests parties to come to COP27 next year in Egypt with updated plans on how to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Under the Paris Agreement, countries were only obliged to update their goals by 2025. The EPA also finalized a federal clean cars rule, which will result in more than 3.1

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Trump and the Business of Climate Change

Chris Hall

Scientists, policymakers and campaigners have been quick to express fears for what the next four years could mean for climate action, with Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director at the Union of Concerned Scientists, warning : “The nation and world can expect the incoming Trump administration to take a wrecking ball to global climate diplomacy.” Physical (..)