EU Delegation to the UN together with Denmark , Palau a Samoa and with the participation of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and the ASG on Climate Action Selwyn Hart  held a meeting in New York on June 21, 2023, on climate and shipping , outlining the EU's proposals for new climate targets for the shipping sector. As UN climate ambition summit As the UN General Assembly high-level meeting scheduled for September is fast approaching, it has emerged that a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – the international shipping sector – of transport – is going in the wrong direction. Although International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted an initial strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships (in 2018), which set an absolute target of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, greenhouse gas emissions from shipping continue to they grow . in both absolute and relative terms and are approaching achieving 3 % of all human-produced greenhouse gas emissions .