Questions and issues related to the implementation of the IMO strategy 2023 on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships
Abstract
The article contains analysis of the new Strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships adopted by the International Maritime Organization in July 2023. Main changes comparing to the similar document of 2018 in particular regarding the levels of ambition to decarbonize the international shipping and proposed practical candidate measures have been highlighted. Potential problems and questions arising from the implementation of the IMO Strategy 2023 by means of development of new MARPOL requirements and scheduled revision of the existing requirements on operational carbon intensity of ships have been outlined. Main outcomes which relate to the possible effect of the IMO Strategy 2023 on the IMO activities to develop legal international framework for shipping in near and distant future as response to climate change have also been presented.
About the Author
S. A. Tolmachev
Mission of the Russian Federation to the International Maritime Organization
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
London
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Tolmachev S.A. Questions and issues related to the implementation of the IMO strategy 2023 on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships. Research Bulletin by Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. 2023;1(72/73):13-20. (In Russ.)
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