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How the Red Sea crisis could impede shipping industry climate targets

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A recent analysis finds that the 4,000-mile-plus detour to avoid Red Sea attacks could dramatically increase the global shipping industry's carbon emissions.

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Why you should give a ship

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Sponsored: Shipping may seem like a dull industry, but it plays a significant role in two of the biggest issues of our time — climate change and inequality.

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2 reasons to pay more attention to how you ship

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Sponsored: Shipping may seem like a dull industry, but it plays a significant role in two of the biggest issues of our time — climate change and inequality.

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Zero-emission maritime shipping gets a boost

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A new alliance of major retailers, including Amazon, is moving forward toward its destination of zero-emission ocean shipping by 2040.

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Amazon, IKEA and Patagonia have joined a group to buy zero-emissions maritime shipping fuel

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The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance is looking to decrease emissions from ocean shipping by 90 percent.

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Shape up or ship out: The shipping industry trials new tech to decarbonize

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Shipping accounts for 3 percent of global emissions. Solutions to cut those emissions include biofuels, renewable energy and hybrid systems.

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Maritime shipping could triple by 2050. How will the industry decarbonize?

GreenBiz

Ships carry around 90 percent of goods transported globally, and the shipping sector accounts for about 3 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions today. But maritime trade volumes are projected to triple by 2050.

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