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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Shipping companies to pay for carbon dioxide produced by vessels

A large green cargo vessel being loaded with shipping containers
The measures are intended to encourage shipowners to operate more efficiently. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP

Shipping companies will have to pay for the carbon dioxide produced by their vessels for the first time under new rules agreed by the world’s maritime watchdog.

The regulations agreed on Friday fall far short of the levy on CO2 that poor countries were hoping for, which would have funded their efforts to combat the climate crisis.

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