The United States has officially rejected the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) net-zero framework, which aims to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the shipping sector, and vowed to retaliate against countries that support the framework.
In a joint statement relesed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio , Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick , Secretary of Energy Chris Wright , and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy on August 13, the proposed framework is described as “a global carbon tax on Americans levied by an unaccountable UN organization” .