European Union countries agreed on Friday to keep pushing for a global price on shipping's CO2 emissions in U.N. talks next week, setting up another potential clash with the United States over
European Union countries agreed on Friday to keep pushing for a global price on shipping's CO2 emissions in U.N. talks next week, setting up another potential clash with the United States over the proposal.
Governments at the International Maritime Organization decided last year to postpone the climate plan by a year, after the Trump administration strongly opposed the measure and threatened to impose sanctions and visa restrictions on delegates who supported it.
That has not stopped European countries attempting to revive the plan, according to the EU's negotiating position for next week's IMO talks, seen by Reuters.
EU countries "shall oppose any attempts" to remove the climate measures from being negotiated at the meeting, the document said.
EU countries will consider changes to the original carbon pricing plan if this helps gather support, the document said. However, some EU officials said they were pessimistic any compromise deal on climate measures could pass, given the firm opposition from the U.S..
Norway's environment minister Andreas Bjelland Eriksen said that the IMO still had a chance to strike a historic deal, but had to look at "different approaches" to avoid a repeat of last year's failure.
"Also... whether we can do some things
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