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Pressure on the shipping industry to cut emissions
9th April 2018
Containerisation and huge freight ships are two of the defining characteristics of globalisation. But the scale of greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping is vast and the industry is coming under increasing pressure to change their ways. If the global shipping industry was a country, it would rank as the sixth largest emitter on the planet.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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