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Shipping: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 15 July 2026UIN 17722

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there will be a review of the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy before the end of the current Parliament.

Answered by Keir Mather

The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, published in 2025, sets out our pathway to decarbonise the maritime sector by 2050. As set out in the Strategy, we committed to refresh it following adoption of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) mid-term measures, known as the Net-Zero Framework, and within five years of publication. We continue to press for the IMO to adopt the Net-Zero Framework later this year and intend to publish an updated Strategy after this happens. The timing of any review will therefore be determined by the progress of negotiations at the IMO and the commitments set out in the Strategy.

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