US makes the case to torpedo ‘flawed’ Net-Zero Framework

October 18 last year saw International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states vote for a one-year delay in the Net-Zero Framework (NZF), now the legislation’s arch-nemesis, the Trump administration, has moved to kill it off entirely. The framework—approved in principle at MEPC 83 in April 2025—had set out a global fuel standard and an emissions pricing …

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