The IMO adopts its revised greenhouse gas strategy

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2. At the eightieth session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee, the International Maritime Organization adopts a revised strategy whose stated level of ambition is net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by or around, that is close to, 2050, with indicative checkpoints for 2030 and 2040 and an explicit intent to adopt mid-term measures comprising a technical greenhouse gas fuel standard and an economic pricing element. The strategy is not itself binding law; it is the mandate under which binding amendments were then to be negotiated. The hedged formulation "by or around" is the visible residue of a negotiation between states with very different exposure to shipping costs.
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4. International shipping
5. International Maritime Organization
6. The IMO adopts its revised greenhouse gas strategy
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8. International shipping
9. International Maritime Organization
10. Negotiation of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
11. The electrified share of final energy
12. International Maritime Organization
13. The IMO adopts its revised greenhouse gas strategy
14. Negotiation of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
15. International shipping
16. The IMO adopts its revised greenhouse gas strategy
17. Negotiation of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
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19. Supports the net-zero-by-or-around-2050 level of ambition, the indicative checkpoints for 2030 and 2040, and the mandate to develop a technical fuel standard and an economic pricing mechanism as mid-term measures. V55 verification basis: not retrieved in this session, and the resolution number is deliberately omitted because it could not be confirmed. The status of the resulting Net-Zero Framework as of August 2026 is not covered by this record and is marked uncertain on the corresponding event.