Editorial Board
Shipping Needs Tighter Limits on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Countries, banks, businesses and ports should move faster to decarbonize the global fleet.
Energy-inefficient coal ship.
Photographer: Corey Davis/Getty ImagesShipping emits a much greater share of greenhouse-gas emissions than you might think — more than a million tons annually, nearly 3% of the global total, and rising steadily.
The problem is soluble — but work to solve it has been outrageously slow. Any further delay is unacceptable. A strong international push joined by governments, banks, businesses, ports and the shipping industry itself is needed right now to clean up the sector.