An attempt by the French president to win support for a global carbon tax on the shipping industry has failed.
Addressing a summit for a New Global Financing Pact, Emmanuel Macron said the shipping industry was responsible for more than two percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, and should contribute to efforts to cut them, including through taxe ... Show More
Aug 2023
The first-ever cargo ship powered by green fuel | Morten Bo Christiansen
The shipping industry is vital to the global economy, but it's also a huge contributor to the climate crisis. Morten Bo Christiansen, a leader of the energy transition for the global shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk, talks to TED's Lindsay Levin about the launch of the first ... Show More
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Dec 2020
Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they? | Myles Allen
The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they're waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen puts forth a bold plan for oil and gas companies to progressively decarbonize t ... Show More
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