Pressured by the United States, member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), including India, postponed a vote on a strategic plan to move the shipping industry away from the use of fossil fuel and become ‘net-zero’ by 2050.

In April, a sub-committee of the IMO had approved a framework to bring in new fuel standard for ships and a global pricing mechanism for carbon emissions. It was decided then that countries would formally vote in a meeting in October to bring these measures into force beginning 2027.

At that time, 63 countries voted ‘yes’ (including the EU27, Brazil, China, India, Canada, U.K., Korea and Japan) and 16 countries, including the United States, against it.

U.S. threats

While countries such as Saudi Arabia and Russia have been opposed to the framew

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