(WASHINGTON, DC) — In a letter sent to President Biden on World Maritime Day, 32 organizations called for an Executive Order to decarbonize maritime shipping. The Biden administration has already made significant commitments to eliminate emissions from the shipping industry, as well as to accelerate the development of zero-emission fuels and technologies and advance environmental justice. While the administration can achieve many of these commitments through legislation, the groups say, “there are critical actions that could be taken immediately through executive action.”
In July, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a revised greenhouse gas reduction strategy for global shipping and while it is an improvement over the previous strategy it still isn’t aligned with the 1.5C warming limit goals of the Paris Agreement. That leaves it up to countries to…