Green Shipping Corridors Key To Halving Maritime Transport Emissions By 2050

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg advocates for "green shipping corridors" to reduce carbon emissions from the shipping industry.
The International Maritime Organization aims to halve its greenhouse gas releases by midcentury and may seek deeper cuts this year.
The Port of Los Angeles has signed agreements with Yokohama, Tokyo, Singapore, and Shanghai to establish green shipping corridors, and the U.S. is discussing setting up such corridors in Southeast Asia.
Yokohama is working on a "blue carbon infrastructure" project and plans to build a terminal for ships to import hydrogen.
The G7 ministers expressed strong opposition to any attempts to change the "peacefully established status of territories by force" and emphasized the need to de-risk and diversify economic relationships with regard to China.