International Maritime Organization

The International Maritime Organization appears in Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures through 2020 rules reducing sulphur from cargo ships. Oliver Morton says those shipping rules had a measurable effect on reduced reflectivity.

The source makes the IMO part of Aerosol Cooling Masking. Shipping sulphur cuts improve air quality, but they also reduce reflective aerosols that had been masking some greenhouse-gas warming. That turns a maritime pollution rule into an example of how public-health regulation can expose Earth Energy Imbalance more clearly.

Connections

• Aerosol Cooling Masking and Albedo Feedback - climate mechanisms affected by shipping sulphur cuts.
• Earth Energy Imbalance - warming measure indirectly affected by reduced reflectivity.
• Oliver Morton and The Intelligence - source speaker and show context.