You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence World News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features World ISWG-GHG 22: Working Group Ends With Net-Zero Framework Text Expected at MEPC 85 ISWG-GHG 22: Working Group Ends With Net-Zero Framework Text Expected at MEPC 85 by Ship & Bunker News Team Friday September 4, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker ISWG-GHG 22 took place at IMO Headquarters in London. Image Credit: Ship & Bunker. Working group closes with call for intersessional consultations on the MARPOL Annex VI amendments Chair reports "genuine willingness" to present text to MEPC 85 in November Guidelines and life cycle assessment work deferred to ISWG-GHG 23 for lack of time Resumed extraordinary session scheduled for December 4 , subject to MEPC 85 UCL readout has 38 states speaking for a central fund and 17 against; campaign groups read the week as a failure or a framework that held The IMO 's latest round of talks on the Net-Zero Framework ( NZF ) closed on Friday with the chair of the working group reporting a "genuine willingness" among delegations to make concrete progress at its next session and to put text before the Marine Environment Protection Committee ( MEPC ) in November. The 22 nd session of the Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships ( ISWG-GHG 22 ) met in London from September 1 - 4 under chair Sveinung Oftedal of Norway , with nearly 1,200 registered participants, the IMO said in a meeting summary published on Friday. “ The second extraordinary session of MEPC, adjourned last October, is scheduled to resume on December 4, subject to discussions at MEPC 85 The group considered proposals on how to address concerns with the draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI that would give effec