Roll up, roll up, it’s time for the puppet show
10.04.2025
Hear why we all need the UN International Maritime Organisation to fulfil its remit to protect Seafarers AND the Environment.
⬆️ Hear what’s happening in front of Mr Punch and behind the scenes at the IMO. Film courtesy of Zoe Broughton.
The fate of the Ocean depends on us all.
Our interventions depend on your support.
We Need Strong Methane Regulations at the IMO
According to the IPCC (AR6), addressing the climate emergency and its devastating impacts on people requires urgently tackling methane emissions in the near term. LNG proponents are gaslighting policymakers about the real size of the climate and health impacts of LNG while jeopardising a survivable future on this planet.
The IMO is the United Nations body regulating international shipping. Currently, no specific international regulations exist for methane emissions from ships. However, several opportunities exist to comprehensively integrate methane into the IMO’s regulatory framework during the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC83). If this doesn’t happen we propose a more drastic future for the IMO.
Call for action at the IMO:
LNG is a fossil fuel that negatively impacts people, the environment, and the climate at every stage of its life cycle.
We demand:
1/ Methane emissions are considered as a greenhouse gas and included in any MEPC plans to levy a carbon tax on shipping, weighted by fugitive methane’s excess climate forcing capacity.
2/ The Member States of the IMO recognise LNG as a fossil fuel and stop listening to the SEA LNG lobbyists, locking them out of the IMO instead.
3/ The IMO to promote efficiency and the use of slow steaming, capacity reduction and, sail and electrically powered vessels by incentivising uptake in the shipping sector, empowering and upskilling workers and introducing fairer shipping routes.
⬆️ We’re sorry you can’t enjoy our popcorn with the video but please pay the UN IMO a visit next time they meet up , we might be there to feed you. Photo Guy Reece.