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The BBC reports that a meeting of more than 100 countries in London on Friday failed to reach approval on the International Maritime Organization's Net-Zero Framework for global shipping after opposition from the US, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. The London meeting had been planned to formally approve the framework, a draft of which was passed in April 2025 at the Marine Environment Protection Committee's 83 session (MEPC 83). The IMO regulations would have gone into effect in