Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of the United Nations have signed an agreement to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from ship industry by the year 2050. The deal will force the ship industry to change its design. News AFP
In a statement, the IMO said that for the first time, a basic strategy has been taken for reducing the total emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2050, by 2050, for the first time. A 173-member organization, with a draft agreement, has two weeks' talks in London's office. At that time, major shipping countries like Saudi Arabia and the United States objected.
On the other hand, some countries threatened climate change like the Marshall Islands, demanding a stronger commitment. The small island is at risk of rising sea level. Besides, 70 percent of the European Union (EU) wants carbon emission. Finally, all partners welcomed the agreement.
The Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Shipping, Peter Hankeliff, has called the deal as a historical for the ship industry. He said this is a historic agreement, which in future determines an ambition to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide. For the entire shipping sector to be carbon-free, it is necessary to work in the development of carbon dioxide fuel. Our belief agreement clearly expresses the shipping industry.
Martial Island's President Hilda Hain also praised the deal. He said, IMO made a history. Although the agreement that my country wants, the guarantee that my country will not be able to give it, yet it is clear, international shipping industry will now reduce the pollution on urgent basis and will play their role behind creating the path to survival of my country.
In connection with the deal, the world's largest container shipping company, Ma'rosk, in a message on Twitter said, we demanded strong targets. But by 2050, the goal of bringing the greenhouse gas down by 50 percent from the shipping sector is also an important step.
Worldwide sign of a climate agreement in Paris in 2015, keeping the global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, the whole world but the shipping and air transport sector remained outside the coverage of two United Nations climate treaties. Although two years ago the air transport sector reached a plan to reduce the pollution, the shipping sector relied on long-distance ships were so far away from this step. Basically long-range ships operate in the bunker fuel, which is very difficult to exclude carbon.
As the World Bank, around 2 percent of the world's carbon emissions lead to the shipping sector. If the sector is not in regular surveillance, it would have been around 15 percent, the company said.