CIL Research Assistant Joel Ong’s article entitled ‘Decarbonizing International Shipping at the IMO: Are Alternative Fuels The Way Forward?’ has been published by the Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 17, Issue 4 (2023)

In his article, he addresses the physical characteristics of fuels, IMO’s internal regulations and policy options, and examines how the move to use methanol and ammonia as alternative fuels for shipping could meet the IMO’s ambitions under its 2023 GHG Strategy. He also raises key issues concerning the impact of methanol and ammonia fuels on human safety and on the marine environment and offers policy recommendations on revisions to the IMO GHG’s Strategy, Environmental Impact Assessments, promoting the uptake of new fuels, and harmonization of standards.

The full version is available online in Open Access (Free to Download) at https://doi.org/10.21552/cclr/2023/4/5

This publication is supported by the MPA-CIL Oceans Governance Research Programme 2023 funded by the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI-2023-MA-03)