Before the end of 2025, the global maritime sector must agree on the path to climate neutrality with concrete tools such as a global tax on fossil ship fuel and a new green fuel standard.
And after last week's negotiations in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) about the industry's difficult path to net-zero, it is quite clear that there will be high-stakes poker played among a myriad of countries with conflicting interests right up to five minutes before the deadline.