Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the goal by the International Maritime Organisation to reduce carbon emissions by 70 per cent by 2050.

The UK is committed to addressing international shipping emissions through the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The UK played a key role in negotiating the 2018 Initial IMO Strategy on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships, including pursuing efforts towards a 70 per cent improvement by 2050. Ahead of the revision of the IMO GHG Strategy in 2023, we are working to build consensus to raise ambitions consistent with a Paris-aligned, 1.5-degree pathway. That is why we are championing a 2050 target of zero emissions for international shipping.