Over 100 countries from both Global North and South back a global greenhouse gas levy on emissions from the international maritime industry. The policy is in advanced negotiations at the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Not sure if your country is on board for a global shipping levy? Don’t worry, we keep track. Check out our list of supporting countries:
Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Chad
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Congo (Brazzaville)
Côte d’Ivoire
Cyprus
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
the Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haïti
Honduras
Ireland
India
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
the Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Norway
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Paraguay
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Portugal
Rwanda
Samoa
Sahrawi
Saint Lucia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovenia
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Tuvalu
the UK
Uganda
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Yemen
European Commission (the EU27)
The IMO agreed to adopt a levy in summer 2025. But the more countries back the mechanism, the greater are the chances the agreed levy will be meaningful and live up to its potential: generating billions of dollars in climate finance to support vulnerable communities and countries around the world.
Sources:
1. 55 Climate Vulnerable Forum countries (CVF) under the Dhaka-Glasgow Declaration launched at COP26 in November 2021
2. 22 countries and the European Commission at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris in June 2023
3. 7 African countries in their submission to an IMO’s meeting in June 2023 (ISWG-GHG-15)
4. 20 African countries under the Nairobi Declaration at the Africa Climate Summit in September 2023
5. 68 Vulnerable 20 Group countries (V20) at the Africa Climate Summit in September 2023
6. Japan in its submission to an IMO’s meeting in March 2023 (ISWG-GHG-14)