New rules to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of the global shipping fleet have finally been agreed in a move politicians hailed as a world first.
New cargo and container ships will have to be built to technical standards that will make them more energy efficient, under a measure approved in London on Friday by the International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations shipping body.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/brussels-hails-deal-cut-shipping-emissions
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pilita-clark
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-times-london
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/shipping
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-efficiency
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emissions-trading
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
