Tag: environment
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The Pause That Might Just Save the Transition
By Charlie de Carbon So, the IMO blinked. The global carbon pricing plan for shipping is on hold, again. Cue the outrage, the finger pointing, the disappointment, the “we were so close” posts. But let’s be honest: anyone who’s ever tried to align 170 sovereign nations on a single fuel strategy knew this was coming.…
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Why Economic Prosperity and Sustainability Still Belong Together
Our economic engines are powered by burning through finite resources, and that creates a strange disconnect between what we count as “growth” and the actual cost our planet and society pay. It’s like running a business without ever accounting for the overhead and sooner or later, something’s going to break. We have seen though, in…
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Is a Low Carbon Levy a Green Light for Business as Usual?
Shipping’s decarbonisation debate has reached a fever pitch. The recent high-profile endorsements of a global carbon levy by major flag states Liberia and Panama might, at first glance, look like a game changer. But if you dig a bit deeper, there’s a risk that a compromised, low rate levy would do more to maintain the…
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