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MEPC80: Adoption of 2023 IMO GHG Strategy 'Monumental', says SG Kitack LIm
The head of the International Mariitme Organization has heralded the adoption of the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy as a 'monumental development' for the organisation.
"The adoption opens a new chapter towards maritime decarbonization," Secretary-General Kitack Lim said.
But he cautioned while the agreement is welcomed, "it is not the end goal."
"It is in many ways a starting point for the work that needs to intensify even more over the years and decades ahead of us."
He added that the agreed revised strategy gave "a clear direction, a common vision, and ambitious targets to guide us to deliver what the world expects from us."
Lim lauded the "unanimous support from all member states."
"In this regard, I believe that we have to pay more attention to support developing countries, in particular SIDS [small island developing states] and LDCs [least developed countries], so that no one is left behind," he said.
The revised strategy was adopted on July 7 at the 80th meeting of the UN body's Marine Environment Protection Committee in London.
