Trump Pushes to Block a Global Shipping Carbon Tax
TL;DR
The Trump administration is drafting a demarche to warn IMO members against a shipping-carbon tax and to end consideration of the Net-Zero Framework, signaling a renewed bid to derail international climate measures on shipping after last year’s delay, with opposition from figures like Rubio and competing proposals from Liberia and Brazil.
Topics:worldpolitics#carbon-tax#international-maritime-organization#net-zero-framework#politics#shipping-emissions#trump-administration
- Trump delayed a global carbon tax. Now he wants to finish the fight. Politico
- US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts The Guardian
- Is there hope for shipping’s transition to a green future? Tradewinds News
- No clear path to get IMO’s net-zero framework over the line: industry experts Journal of Commerce
- Fragmented carbon schemes threaten maritime progress Machinery Market
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