As a leading shipbuilding and shipping nation South Korea should be doing more to promote decarbonisation, according to a report from environmental groups.

Solutions for Climate Change and Pacific Environment have released the report urging the country’s government, ports, shipbuilders and shipping companies to make more commitment to the ongoing efforts to decarbonise shipping.

Its release comes as governments meet at the International Maritime Organization, led by secretary general Kitack Lim, to discuss raising the regulator’s decarbonisation targets,

The report, written by Solutions for Climate Change’s John Yum, ranks South Korea as the world’s largest shipbuilder, seventh largest shipping nation and operrating...