In 1997 IMO adopted a resolution on CO2 emissions
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IMO Assembly further adopted resolution
A.963(23) on IMO policies and practices related to the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions from ships, which requests the MEPC to
develop a greenhouse gas emission index for ships, and guidelines
for use of that index.
This document constitutes the Guidelines
for the use of an Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator (EEOI) for
ships. It sets out:
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– what the objectives of the IMO CO2 emissions
indicator are;
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– how a ship’s CO2 performance
should be measured; and
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– how the index could be used to promote
low-emission shipping, in order to help limit the impact of shipping
on global climate change.