Global shipping faces a climate reckoning

The Lid is On by UN Global Communications (Digital Solutions Unit)

May 15, 20258:52News & Politics

The shipping industry moves 90% of world trade—and produces nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In this episode of 'The Lid is On', Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organizatio...

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