In the run‑up to next week’s IMO Intersessional Working Group on GHG (ISWG‑GHG 22), the Clean Shipping Coalition and other environmental NGOs have called on member states to maintain support for the Net‑Zero Framework, a climate package approved at MEPC 83 that includes a Global Fuel Standard and a pricing mechanism on emissions. The groups warn that alternative proposals could weaken the IMO greenhouse gas strategy’s 2030 and 2040 targets and undermine global environmental compliance for shipping.
On August 27–28, 2026, environmental NGOs under the Clean Shipping Coalition issued a statement urging International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states to “ignore dangerous distractions” and stand by the Net‑Zero Framework (NZF) at the upcoming ISWG‑GHG 22 meeting in London. The NZF, endorsed at MEPC 83 in 2025, establishes a Global Fuel Standard (GFS) that gradually tightens allowed greenhouse gas emissions per unit of marine fuel energy and introduces a mechanism to price part of shipping emissions, with revenues earmarked to support a just and equitable energy transition, particularly in developing countries. The ISWG‑GHG 22 agenda includes detailed work on NZF with a view to adoption at the extraordinary MEPC 85/ES.2 session in December 2026, alongside further development of the IMO life‑cycle GHG assessment (LCA) framework for marine fuels.
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