Introduction to the Reports: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Caribbean Interests in Maritime Decarbonisation

This Introduction presents a series of reports commissioned by the Caribbean Shipping Lanes (CSL) Project, aimed at providing critical insights and analyses on the implications of the 2023 IMO Strategy on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Ships for the Caribbean region. The reports in this compilation were commissioned between November 2024 and January 2025 to support Caribbean delegates participating in the ongoing IMO negotiations—particularly those related to the discussions at the Eighteenth Intersessional Working Group on GHG Emissions (ISWG-GHG 18), held in February 2025. These meetings form part of the technical groundwork for the anticipated approval of the basket of measures at the eighty-third meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83), which is scheduled for April 2025, with their eventual adoption slated for October 2025.