Initial GHG Strategy 2018 (IMO)

The Initial IMO GHG Strategy was the first IMO climate policy for international shipping, adopted by resolution MEPC.304(72) on 13 April 2018. It set a 2008 baseline and aimed to cut carbon intensity per transport work by at least 40% by 2030, and to reduce total annual GHG emissions by at least 50% by 2050, while pursuing phase-out. It is superseded: the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy, adopted by resolution MEPC.377(80) on 7 July 2023, revoked it from the same date and raised the ambition to net-zero by or around 2050 with 2030 and 2040 checkpoints.