The Professional African Technical Network Advisory (PATNA) Initiative and UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group report, and provide valuable insight, on the meeting which took place in South Africa between 27th and 30th April 2026.

Research from Erasmus Rotterdam University, University of Copenhagen and UCL provides the first integrated framework for understanding how climate-related transition risks cascade across maritime operations. Rotterdam 13th May 2026 - A new white paper published today argues that the sector's current fragmented approach to climate risk management leaves it dangerously exposed. The white paper titled, Navigating climate transition risks in global shipping, draws on a peer-revi

UCL provides a detailed analysis of the discussions at MEPC84, the penultimate meeting before potential adoption of the NZF later this year and what the outcomes of this week’s meeting could mean for the adoption of the Net Zero Framework London 1st May 2026 – Readout from UCL Shipping and Oceans Research group shows IMO’s 84th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has concluded with the NZF agreed in principle in April 2025 now seeing the pendulum

his new study, from the Professional African Technical Network Advisory (PATNA) Initiative and UCL, quantifies how IMO mid-term measures will raise trade costs across Liberia's most critical commodities, with long-term impacts reaching over 11% for timber and between 34.5% and 36.3% for food product imports.

This study establishes Ghana's first voyage-based GHG emissions inventory, indicating a stable trend from 2018 to 2023 of how bulk carriers and container ships are the dominant contributors to emissions at Tema and Takoradi ports.

UCL provides a detailed analysis of what happened and what that could mean for higher-level political discussions tabled next week at MEPC 84. London 24th April 2026 – Readout from UCL Shipping and Oceans Research group shows IMO’s Intersessional working group on GHGs has made good progress on a range of important debates and guidelines, that all relate to the implementation of the IMO’s Net Zero Framework (NZF). If adopted, these guidelines provide the finer detail import

London 23rd April 2026 - A briefing by Opportunity Green and UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group collates research and case studies illustrating that a reverse auction mechanism is best suited to support the implementation of the NZF in achieving a just and equitable transition of the global shipping industry. As the International Maritime Organization (IMO) works to finalise the details of its Net-Zero Framework (NZF) and important discussion on underpinning guidelines

A landmark study from the UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group and RMI has found that the inclusion of GHG pricing in the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) policy framework will be critical in the shipping industry achieving a cost-effective energy transition.

Shipping banks remain exposed to latent systemic refinancing risks as a result of the energy transition and tightening shipping emission regulations, UCL study finds

Report finds there is mixed alignment with IMO’s Revised Strategy among major maritime nations’ national policies: some countries’ transitions can be disadvantaged in scenarios of weak IMO policy. London, 19 th March 2026 - A new report from the UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group finds that no major maritime nation is fully prepared for the tightening decarbonisation rules being negotiated at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The study — the first systemati

Study by UCL academics finds that while LNG and methanol use as alternative fuels generate some knowledge spillovers and procedural regulatory learning useful for green ammonia, the main scalable zero emission shipping fuel, these benefits are likely outweighed by capital lock-in and the entrenchment of fossil fuel infrastructure, which then compete with, rather than enable the long-term solution. London, 12 th March 2026 - A new academic research paper finds that current i

London/Copenhagen, 19 th February 2026 - A new insight brief by the UCL Shipping and Oceans Research Group for the Getting to Zero coalition, titled "Uncertainty at the IMO: Three scenarios and their consequences for shipping’s transition” , concludes that of those options only the ‘as is’ (Net Zero Framework as agreed in principle in April 2025) has the potential to provide a credible, stable demand signal and revenue stream to support early and mass-market uptake of scala

Report from ERM, UMAS and UCL shows that international shipping can achieve 95%+ reductions in well-to-wake GHG emissions by 2050 with policy support

UCL provides a detailed analysis of what happened and the implications on future adoption of the policy on mid-term measures for reducing GHG emissions.

Korean and Chinese financiers have over half of their portfolio tied to oil and gas carriers most at risk of becoming stranded assets from shifts to a global low-carbon energy system. European banks follow closely, with Standard Chartered, ABN AMRO, ING Bank, SEB and Nordea each having over one-third of their portfolios tied to fossil fuel shipping.

Many IMO member states reverse their support for policy action, pushing IMO’s adoption of regulation back by at least a year.

The research by UCL and Kuehne Climate Centre, now available as a new interactive tool, reveals concentration of risk in top ship-owning...

Shipping industry welcomed a major breakthrough with global agreement on the International Maritime Organization’s Net Zero Framework,...

New research shows strategic distribution of revenues is essential to help vulnerable countries tackle dual burden of climate impacts and...

London – 17.07.25 – New analysis by UCL Energy Institute, with the assistance of UMAS, analysing voluntary insetting schemes in the...