Just transition: Rarely mentioned in the debate over decarbonisation are seafarers, who ultimately will be on the front lines of using the fuels of the future. That's what the Just Transition Maritime Task Force aims to address, with an alliance of labour and shipowners seeking to ensure that efforts to cut carbon also protect the industry's seagoing workforce.
Stepping off the gas: More than 100 countries, led by the US and European Union joined the Global Methane Pledge to cut emissions of the main ingredient in natural gas by 30%. Major ship operators defended the use of LNG in their vessels as a way to reduce carbon emissions now, and an LNG fuelling industry group said the pledge is a positive step because of its focus on well-to-wake greenhouse gas emissions.
Green corridors: A coalition of 19 countries signed the Clydebank Declaration, which aims to create at least six green shipping corridors by 2025, before scaling up with more routes by 2030. That helps on the journey to decarbonise the industry "as long as those lessons can properly be translated to elsewhere around the world", International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) secretary-general Guy Platten told me.
IMO push: In the opening days of the Glasgow conference, a coalition of nations including the US, UK, Norway, Panama and the Marshall Islands urged the International Maritime Organization to target zero carbon from shipping by 2050. IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim told an ICS conference that he believes the UN shipping regulator will hear the call.

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