Maritime Officials Meet in London to Curb Ship Emissions. By Stephano Ambrogi, Reuters, April 1, 2008. "Curbing greenhouse gas emissions from ships, slashing other air pollutants they generate and cleaning up the world's oceans, top the agenda at a meeting of the world's chief maritime body in London this week. The UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) meeting, seen as one of the most crucial in years, focuses on how best to reduce harmful ship fuel pollutants like sulphur dioxide emissions and nitrous oxides. 'Shipping should not be allowed to become a scapegoat for those who find it a soft target, singling it out from other modes of transport, when data show it as having greener credentials than them,' said IMO Secretary-General Efthimous Mitropoulos, opening the meeting on Monday. The week-long meeting also hopes to speed up policies to tackle growing CO2 emissions emitted by ships, by strict international regulation or through industry-led initiatives."
2008-04-01
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