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The not for profit, environmental law firm Earthjustice has called on the American government to unilaterally strengthen regulations governing climate change pollution from ships. After attending the recent International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting to discuss the situation the organization is convinced the IMO is failing to make significant progress in its attempts to agree upon climate protection measures.
As a branch of the UN, IMO decisions are generally made by consensus, and the numerous proposals for reducing global warming pollution from ships which were presented at the meeting, all met with objections from developing countries including China, India, Saudi Arabia and South Africa preventing agreements being accepted.
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