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ICS puts on its gloves for the Lima climate change pow-wow

Any measure for shipping linked to the Green Climate Fund should be decided by IMO member states, it says

Published Tue, Dec 2, 2014 · 09:50 PM

IT IS that time of the year again. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Conference of the Parties (COP 20) got under way in Lima on Monday. And as usual at these conferences, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for ship operators, is doing is best to safeguard the interests of the shipping industry.

It is easy to be complacent about this ye…