In the past 24 hours environmental NGOs and representatives of Pacific small island states have raised strong concerns over proposals they say would weaken the International Maritime Organization’s Net‑Zero Framework. Ahead of next week’s Intersessional Working Group on GHG emissions (ISWG‑GHG 22) in London and the Marine Environment Protection Committee’s 85th session later this year, they are urging member states to keep ambitious fuel‑intensity targets and a robust global carbon pricing mechanism for international shipping.
Governments are preparing to meet in London from September 1–4 for the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships (ISWG‑GHG 22), which will debate key elements of the organization’s Net‑Zero Framework before it is brought to the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 85/ES.2) for adoption later this year. The framework, agreed in principle at MEPC 83 in 2025, includes a gradually tightening global fuel standard requiring ship operators to reduce the greenhouse‑gas intensity of their fuels, combined with a pricing mechanism that financially rewards ships using zero or near‑zero emission fuels. Alongside this work, several member states have submitted alternative proposals that would lower fuel‑intensity reduction ambition and shift away from a centralized global carbon fund towards more flexible offsetting schemes under which profit‑oriented shipping companies would choose which projects to support.
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