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Global shipping is responsible for around 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions

The shipping industry is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the shipping industry accounts for approximately 2-3% of global GHG emissions.1 In 2018, the IMO estimated that international shipping alone emitted around 1,056 million metric tons of CO2, representing about 2.89% of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions that year.2

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Footnotes​

  1. International Maritime Organization. (2020. Fourth IMO GHG Study 2020 Executive Summary. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/OurWork/Environment/Documents/Fourth%20IMO%20GHG%20Study%202020%20Executive-Summary.pdf](https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/OurWork/Environment/Documents/Fourth IMO GHG Study 2020 Executive-Summary.pdf). ↩

  2. Ibid. ↩