New UCL tool flags food security risks from shipping emissions rules

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University College London researchers have launched a tool assessing how proposed International Maritime Organization decarbonisation rules could affect shipping costs for essential food imports. The research warns that countries reliant on bulk cereal shipments may face disproportionate cost increases.

The International Maritime Organization’s proposed shipping decarbonisation measures could disproportionately increase the transport costs of essential food imports, particularly for countries dependent on shipments of bulk cereals, according to new research from University College London (UCL). Researchers at UCL’s Shipping and Oceans Research Group have launched an online tool examining how different versions of the …