Japan's shipyards have built a reputation for high quality, fuel efficient, and energy-saving vessels. As such, this strategic sector naturally benefits from tougher climate rules.A key turning point on shipping climate action was the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which handed the U.N. International Maritime Organization the responsibility to reduce shipping emissions, currently reaching around 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas annually.Pressure has been growing on the IMO to take action since then, especially from countries threatened by dangerous climate change in the Pacific. But it took until las…READ FULL ARTICLE
