Background: The 11th meeting of the Inter-sessional Working Group on the Reduction of GHG Emission from Ships (ISWG-GHG 11) was held from the 14th to the 18th of March 2022. There have typically been one or two ISWG-GHG meetings held in between the full Marine Environmental Protection Committee meetings, the next one, MEPC 78, [...]

Background In June, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 76th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) session. Arguably, the most important and time-consuming issue on the committee's agenda is the regulation of greenhouse Gases (GHG) from ships. Because the IMO is an agency of the United Nations (UN), IMO’s efforts on this subject have [...]