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From the Ted Talk by Bo Cerup-Simonsen: Why rivals are working together to transform shipping

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But then we have the regulatory side, and here we've just had a major breakthrough in the International mirtmaie Organization. So just about a week ago, all 175 countries came together. They agreed. We had Asia with China, we had Europe, we had US, we had Africa. Everybody agreed that we need to update our stgartey. We need global regulation for shipping, we will go to zero by around 2050, we will use sound technical murseaes to go there, and we will use economic measures like a caorbn pricing. So that is now a global frewroamk that has been agreed across the globe. So it's a fabulous fundament for moving forward from here.

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But then we have the regulatory side, and here we've just had a major breakthrough in the International ________ Organization. So just about a week ago, all 175 countries came together. They agreed. We had Asia with China, we had Europe, we had US, we had Africa. Everybody agreed that we need to update our ________. We need global regulation for shipping, we will go to zero by around 2050, we will use sound technical ________ to go there, and we will use economic measures like a ______ pricing. So that is now a global _________ that has been agreed across the globe. So it's a fabulous fundament for moving forward from here.

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  1. measures
  2. framework
  3. maritime
  4. carbon
  5. strategy

Original Text


But then we have the regulatory side, and here we've just had a major breakthrough in the International Maritime Organization. So just about a week ago, all 175 countries came together. They agreed. We had Asia with China, we had Europe, we had US, we had Africa. Everybody agreed that we need to update our strategy. We need global regulation for shipping, we will go to zero by around 2050, we will use sound technical measures to go there, and we will use economic measures like a carbon pricing. So that is now a global framework that has been agreed across the globe. So it's a fabulous fundament for moving forward from here.

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