Inside Climate: Global Shipping Inches Forward on Heavy Fuel Oil Ban in Arctic

The International Maritime Organization started work defining which fuels would be banned and how. It also listed ideas to cut black carbon but didn’t prioritize.

The Clean Arctic Alliance, a group of more than a dozen environmental organizations, issued a statement that said it “welcomes the progress” but noted that much work still must be done if the ban is to be phased in between 2021 and 2023.

Inside Climate: Global Shipping Inches Forward on Heavy Fuel Oil Ban in Arctic