Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress with discussions there has been at the International Maritime Organization on a decarbonisation strategy for the shipping industry up to 2023 which complies with the (a) mandatory and (b) voluntary obligations in the Paris Agreement on climate change.

The UK has been an active participant in negotiations on the development of an International Maritime Organization (IMO) strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The initial IMO strategy is due to be adopted in April 2018 and revised in 2023. UK priorities are that the strategy sets a level of ambition for the sector consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. It should contain a range of short, mid- and long-term measures, some of which will be mandatory. The UK will continue to push for a credible and ambitious outcome in discussions at the IMO.