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

US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts

A cargo vessel stacked with shipping containers lies docked at Cristobal port on the Panama canal.
Cristóbal port on the Panama canal. The strategic waterway makes Panama central to efforts to reduce maritime carbon emissions. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

US “bullying” over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have said, after Panama reversed its support for the measure.

In a leaked document seen by the Guardian, the key maritime state has co-sponsored a proposal to the International Maritime Organization that would in effect cancel the carbon levy and undermine attempts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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