Policy Brief: Decarbonising Shipping

In this briefing, researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester set out ten recommendations for how the UK’s planned Clean Maritime Plan refresh can align with Paris Agreement goals, while also delivering air quality improvements. This strategy refresh needs to focus on delivering deep cuts in emissions this decade, for which stronger policies and greater funding are required, with a rapid transition from research and development to project and technology deployment.